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A Summary of the Play, Oedipus the King by Sophocles (556 words, 1 pages)

In Oedipus the King, Sophocles has many elements that change throughout his play. Many of these show Oedipus' progression as a tragic hero. His faith is tested and fails him before he can finally see the truth. At the start of the play, Oedipus believes in prophets, but thinks he ... Read More

An Analysis of the Tragedy of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (1180 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus Rex - From Light to Dark The tragedy of Oedipus Rex, a drama text by Sophocles, follows the moral underpinning Greek tragedy theme throughout - that people learn through suffering. The plot is developed around a light verses darkness theme. This theme is best demonstrated through Oedipus' pride, his ... Read More

A Summary of the Play, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (855 words, 2 pages)

April Smith Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, a play by Sophocles, is a detective murder-mystery. It is the story of Liaus, a murdered king, and his sworn avenger, Oedipus. Oedipus, husband of Jocasta (Liaus's widow) is the current king of Thebes. The city is suffering under a terrible plague. Unsure of ... Read More

The Ethics of Civil Disobedience in Antigone, a Play by Sophocles (533 words, 1 pages)

A crucial question in Antigone is, "When someone makes a law that is known by the public to be morally wrong, should the public break hisher law? Or should they collaborate with that person by obeying? Antigone felt that the law (no one was supposed to bury her brother Polyneicies) ... Read More

Making Choices and Suffering Consequences in Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett and Antigone by Sophocles (593 words, 1 pages)

Krapps Last Tape and Antigone MAKING CHOICES AND SUFFERING LOSSES Sometimes in our lives, through the natural course of events, we come to a critical moment where all past choices and the circumstances that arise from them converge together with only one choice to make. Knowing that the two paths ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the Kings by Sophocles (771 words, 1 pages)

Jocasta's philosophy of life is part of the main issue of Sophocles' play 'King Oedipus' destiny vs. freewill. Her statement "chance rules our lives", however, is quite ironic as Jocasta had taken the fate of her son, Oedipus, very seriously when he was first born, so much so as to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play Oedipus by Sophocles (505 words, 1 pages)

In Sophocles's play Oedipus, Oedipus is a hero who's life ended in tragedy. He continues to try and find the truth even though he knows that the truth may hurt him. He helps the people of Thebes by solving the riddle of the sphinx, saves the city, and becomes king ... Read More

An Analysis According to Sophocles on the Greatest Griefs of Those We Cause Ourselves (430 words, 1 pages)

According to Sophocles, The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. In other words, desire, greed, pride, love, and hate, all of these emotions come from a humans mind that is the real cause of sorrows. A humans greatest enemy is itself. I agree with this quote, which also relates ... Read More

The Topic of Truth in Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the Odyssey by Homer (1152 words, 2 pages)

Sophocles Oedipus the King and Homers Odyssey both deal on the topic of truth. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth ... Read More

Understanding Sophocles’ Motives in “Oedipus the King” (1387 words, 5 pages)

Buena Vista de Oedipus The King Do you have a great understanding of Oedipus the King? The understanding provoked by reading this story is not accidental but intentional. Sophocles wants the reader to walk away with condemnation and regret. The reader can not help but to walk away from the ... Read More

Blindness Versus Sight in Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” (937 words, 2 pages)

Blindness versus Sight Oedipus the King was written by Sophocles, and performed for the first time between 430 and 425 B.C. The play unfolds the tale of a kings battle for justice and knowledge in seeking the killer of his father, the previous king Oedipus is unaware that he is ... Read More

A Comparison between Antigone and Ismene, Two Sisters in Sophocles’s Play Antigone (646 words, 1 pages)

Sisters Two sisters destined to love each other, but conflict interrupts their paths. The first's journey is one of self-exploration and discovery the other's of continual oppression and hardships. Ismene and Antigone are the troubled sisters whose decisions take them on different courses, but these same choices also brought them ... Read More

The Concept of Divine Law in Antigone by Sophocles (2078 words, 3 pages)

The play entitled Antigone was written by a man named Sophocles, a scholarly author of philosophy and logic. The play Antigone is probably one of the most prominent interpretations of a tragic drama. The two main characters of the play are Antigone and Creon. There is much conflict between Antigone ... Read More

An Analysis of Creon, the King of Thebes, as a Tragic Hero in Sophocles’s Play Antigone (624 words, 1 pages)

A tragic hero in a play is a character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy. In Antigone Creon, the king of Thebes, is portrayed as the tragic hero. During the play Creon is forced ... Read More

An Analysis of the Dramatic, Attitudinal, and Verbal Irony in Antigone, a Play by Sophocles (964 words, 3 pages)

In the play Antigone, Sophocles uses many important literary elements, but of the most important is irony. Three types of irony he uses are dramatic, attitudinal, and verbal irony. Sophocles' use of irony in Antigone has a great impact on the play. If Sophocles did not use irony in his ... Read More

A Description of Sophocles, the Great Greek Tragedian Wrote the Tragedy Antigone (544 words, 1 pages)

Sophocles, the great Greek tragedian wrote the tragedy Antigone. In the play he uses universal themes, themes the audience knows and can relate to. These universal themes, loyalty to family, to state and to the God's cause the conflict resulting in tragedy. The audience witnesses loyalty to family, through the ... Read More

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex: The Definition of Greek Tragedy (354 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is the definition of Greek tragedy. All elements of Greek tragedy can be found in Oedipus Rex. The main character, Oedipus, King of Thebes, is a male of noble birth with noble characteristics. He is brave, "You saved us from the Sphinx," (38-39), he is loyal ... Read More

Freewill and Fate in the Play, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (782 words, 1 pages)

Freewill Verses Fate Oedipus is a play that delves into the themes of freewill and fate throughout its entirety. This is the story of a man and his struggles against his own destiny and his fight for the future that he desires. Oedipus wanted to deny his own predestination and ... Read More

The True Tragic Hero in the Drama, Antigone by Sophocles (472 words, 1 pages)

Antigone, is the drama written by Sohpocles. There is still a great debate on who is the true tragic hero in Sophocles' Antigone, Creon or Antigone. Many people believes that it must be Antigone, herself. This is because Antigone is an outstanding example of someone who did what she thought ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (851 words, 1 pages)

Seeing All and Seeing None In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, sight and blindness are used as an underlying theme throughout the play. Sophocles makes the point that those with sight are not all seeing, and often those without sight see what others don't. Our first encounter with blindness in the play ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (985 words, 2 pages)

Plot of Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex is a tragedy in classical style plot. The plot starts with the exposition of the dramatic conflict. Then follows with the rising action. The climax then brings a turning point at the high point of action. The falling action then occurs and the tragedy ... Read More

Apollo Caused the Chain of Events That Led to Tragedy in Sophocles’ The Greek Trilogy (912 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus The King Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is the main character of Oedipus The King. Creon is the brother of Jocasta and next in line to be king. Tiresias is a blind prophet summoned by Oedipus and can also see the future. And additionally there is the shepherd, the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (969 words, 2 pages)

Tragic flaw is a characteristic that is said to not only lead to the hero's demise but may also enable the reader to sympathize with the character. So it follows that in Oedipus the King, a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero Oedipus should have some sort of flaw. However, after ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (649 words, 1 pages)

Blindness from Truth An Analysis of the play Oedipus the King There have been many tragedies written throughout history. Some of these tragedies depict a person avoiding an obvious truth in order to save themselves. This avoiding of the truth often leads to the person's demise. One way a person ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (556 words, 1 pages)

The Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, was written to show the common people of Greece how powerful the gods are and that your fate is pre-determined and nothing you do can change that. According to some, all people are slaves to fate, especially the fate of Oedipus. He does ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (708 words, 1 pages)

Through the character of Oedipus, Sophocles shows the futility and consequences of defying the divine order. Oedipus served Thebes as a great ruler, loved by his subjects but it is his one tragic flaw, hubris, which dooms his existence, regardless of the character attributes that make him such a beloved ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (1135 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (762 words, 1 pages)

The series of events that occur before and after the prophecy revealed by the gods is fulfilled can be fully explained only through the idea that Oedipus Rex was a man propelled by flaws in his own nature. While it may be argued that certain coincidences could not have happened ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles And A Comparison to Macbeth by William Shakespeare (881 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus was similar to Macbeth because both Oedipus and Macbeth were confronted and destroyed by a set of circumstances, Oedipus by fate and Macbeth by the witches and their prophecies. Oedipus the king is given the throne of Thebes because he answered the riddle of the sphinx correctly. Oedipus unknowingly ... Read More

A Literary Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles (5296 words, 6 pages)

For this paper I have decided to include information about both readings we have covered. We read William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Through reading both stories and by doing outside research I learned something interesting. This was that a Freudian theory was named for a few of ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013