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  • Oedipus Rex - Who Determines Our Fate?

    Oedipus Rex - Who Determines Our Fate?

    Who Determines Our Fate? In the play Oedipus Rex it was thought that what the Gods had in store for you was your fate. The gods had put a curse on King Lauis saying that his first born son was going to kill him and marry his mother. Knowing that the Gods minds couldn’t be changed when Oedipus was born the king had one of his men take him out and leave him on the

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex Essay” In this essay of Oedipus Rex there are four characteristics I will discuss. The first characteristic I will discuss is if the story of Oedipus Rex is an example of a Greek tragedy and if so what is the fundamental tragedy. Next I will describe the basic tension in this play. The third characteristic I will explain is what motivation I find in the character Oedipus and last but not least I

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    Teriesias. He is reaccuring figure in greek mythology. He has been a woman and a man, and zeus struck him blind. Zeus gave him the gift of prophercy. He is known to posses god-given insight. He is the only one in the play who is not afraid of Oedipis. Tereisas finds the gift of prophecy more of a burden then a benefit. Teriesias accuasations (in the scence between king and prophet) lead him on the

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Oedipus Tyrannous

    Oedipus Tyrannous

    Oedipus Tyrannous When half human monsters walked the Earth and mythical Gods ruled all of creation, one man was destined to suffer the worst fate ever imaginable. Oedipus Tyrannous is a classic Greek tragedy written by Sophocles around 470 BC. According to Aristotle’s Poetics, Greek tragedies should follow certain guidelines in order to be effective tragic drama. Many of Oedipus’ character traits ultimately justify his place as a perfect specimen of Aristotle’s tragic hero. According

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Edward
  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King Oedipus being shown in an updated version is a very effective and understandable way to present it to audiences. The play that was viewed in class was a good adaptation of the original play. Although modern versions of Oedipus are far different today than the way they were performed during Sophocles’s time, I think he would be impressed with the way that modern versions of his play are performed. The reason

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    Oedipus When Oedipus is first shown, his appearance is quite elegant. He walks out from his castle and is dressed in a white suit that shines brighter than the sun itself. Toward the end right after he takes his own sight, he is dressed in nothing more than rags. In the beginning of the story Oedipus' words are that of encouragement when he is talking to his people. As the story goes on and he

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Edward
  • Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

    Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

    Carrie A. Bailey Leonardi English Literature November 6, 2007 Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex by Sophocles’ is one of the more abnormal, while still very interesting, works of ancient Greek drama. One of the main questions a reader will face while reading this play is whether one person’s fate is determined by the Gods, or by his or her own decisions and actions. Oedipus, the title character, had the events of his future predicted by the

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Tragic Fate of Oedipus the King

    The Tragic Fate of Oedipus the King

    In the play Oedipus the King, Oedipus the main character meets with a tragic fate. In the beginning he is a mighty king, ruler of the city of Thebes. Then the people of Thebes come to him with a problem. The city is tragically on the surge of death. Oedipus, being the mighty king he is, is determined to solve the problem. Oedipus saved the city once before and became a hero. Now faced with

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Explain the Nature of the Oedipus Complex

    Explain the Nature of the Oedipus Complex

    The Oedipus complex is believed to be a play off of the ancient Greek mythological character Oedipus Rex. According to the myth, Oedipus Rex was a Greek king that killed his father out of envy and rage in order to have his mother. If the ancient Greek myth is viewed in such a way, it would be possible to believe that Oedipus Rex, who had been given a prophecy advising of his fate, was attempting

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Compare and Contrast the Part That the City or State (polis) Plays in Antigone and Oedipus the King.

    Compare and Contrast the Part That the City or State (polis) Plays in Antigone and Oedipus the King.

    Compare and contrast the part that the city or state (polis) plays in Antigone and Oedipus The King. Antigone is a play about the tension caused when two individuals have conflicting claims regarding law. In this case, the moral superiority of the laws of the city, represented by Creon, and the laws of the gods, represented bt Antigone. In contrast, Oedipus The King is driven by the tensions within Oedipus himself. That play both begins

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex Oedipus runs away from the land of Corinth to the land of Thebes because of a godly prediction that one day he shall murder his father and marry his own mother. Oedipus did not know that he was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. As a baby, King Laius and Queen Jocasta commanded a shepherd to pin Little Oedipus’ ankles and place him at the top of a mountain to die.

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    You Are Not The Boss Of Me!!! Oedipus is a very complex character. He can be viewed as either caring and sympathetic to his subjects or he can be viewed as a self-centered ruler who only puts on an act in hopes of gaining the adoration of his subjects. Oedipus Rex in fact was a very prideful king. This was proven in many of his speeches. For instances in scene one, line 180, in scene

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Oedipus Rex, Good Vs Evil

    Oedipus Rex, Good Vs Evil

    Aristotle also outlined the characteristics of a good tragic hero. He must be "better than we are," a man who is superior to the average man in some way. In Oedipus's case, he is superior not only because of social standing, but also because he is smart ¬ he is the only person who could solve the Sphinx's riddle. At the same time, a tragic hero must evoke both pity and fear, and Aristotle claims

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Morality in Oedipus Tyrannus

    Morality in Oedipus Tyrannus

    People often confuse the terms “guilt” and “responsibility” for one another. Can these terms be freely intertwined with one another or are they separate entities altogether? However, in this case these terms, regardless of how closely related they are to each other, have different meanings. Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus is a tragic play that revolves around the issues of morality. The question that thus stands is whether Oedipus was guilty and or responsible for patricide and

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Oedipus Cycle

    The Oedipus Cycle

    The Oedipus Cycle The characters in Sophocles’ The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone all seem to show complex Freudian concepts. Strangely enough, Sophocles was the only great writer during his time to ever tie in Freudian concepts in his work. In the first part of the trilogy, Oedipus Rex, we learn that the mighty king Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, has fallen from power and now must live with his horrific fate.

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Janna
  • Death of a Salesman & Oedipus the King

    Death of a Salesman & Oedipus the King

    An overwhelming desire for personal contentment and unprecedented reputation can often result in a sickly twisted distortion of reality. In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, a man well-known for his intellect and wisdom finds himself blind to the truth of h life and his parentage. Arthur Miller's play, The Death of a Salesman, tells of a tragic character so wrapped up in his delusional world that reality and illusion fuse causing an internal explosion that

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King While reading classical literature one is bound to run into many types of heroes. The different types of heroes can range in their greatness, but above all, the tragic hero is viewed as being the most alluring of them all. A tragic hero, as defined by Aristotle, is a man who is great but also terribly flawed, who experiences a fall in misfortunes while still remaining admirable to the audience at the

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    In Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King”, the central thematic intent is of divine prophesy and human will. In the introduction it states that Laius and Jocasta, “the childless King and Queen of Thebes”, had been told by the god Apollo that their son would kill Laius and marries his mother Jocasta. To make sure the prophesy would not come true, they gave their son to a shepherd so that he would leave it to die on

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Oedipus as a Plot Driven Tragedy

    Oedipus as a Plot Driven Tragedy

    According to Aristotle, the driving force behind tragic works lies not in the development of characters but in the formulation of a specific plot structure. Aristotle believed that the purpose of all art is to imitate life and that human beings live their lives through events and actions. He argues that characters serve to advance the events of the plotline and that the characters themselves are not central. Aristotle's opinions on tragedy were largely constructed

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Top
  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

    How does one take back words that were said in haste? In Sophacles’ Oedipus Rex, Oedipus longed to retract the curse that he brought upon himself but what he did could not be undone. Oedipus’ pride blinded him to himself and everything around him. He had eyes that could see physically but could not recognize any faults within himself. Ironically, a blind man was able to perceive the truth and even then Oedipus did not

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

    Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

    In Sophocles' “Oedipus Rex”, the theme of irony plays an important part throughout the play. In the play, Oedipus Rex believes that if he leaves Corinth he will be able to avoid his fate. The oracle says the Oedipus will kill his father and bear children with his mother. Eventually, he unknowingly kills his father in a chance meeting and married his mother. Oedipus remains clueless that the oracle’s prediction has come to pass.

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Oedipus Complex

    The Oedipus Complex

    Is it true all men are mamma's boys and jealous of their fathers for being with their mothers? Sigmund Freud, a noted psychologist, thought so. The theory based on a supposedly subliminal and a regular male craving to get in bed with his mother is called the Oedipus Complex. Hamlet is an excellent example of this complex. Although Hamlet did not actually get in bed with his mother, he spoke of incestuous wishes. Well, where

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    ~Oedipus~ Many times humans do things that contradict another thing they do. An example of this is one thing may be good but also bad at the same time. A person who has done this more then once is Oedipus in the writer Sophocles plays. Sophocles uses imagery like light verses darkness, knowledge verses ignorance and sight verses blindness. Oedipus is very knowledgeable during the play and at some times still extremely ignorant. He doesn’t

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Oedipus - Irony - Essay

    Oedipus - Irony - Essay

    Irony Oedipus the King Oedipus is self-confident, intelligent and strong willed. Ironically these are the very traits which bring about his demise. Sophocles makes liberal use of irony throughout “Oedipus the King”. He creates various situations in which dramatic and verbal irony play key roles in the downfall of Oedipus. Dramatic irony depends on the audience’s knowing something that the character does not and verbal irony is presented when there is a contradiction between what

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Oedipus and Blindness Imagery

    Oedipus and Blindness Imagery

    Jack Beasley AP English Essay A January 30, 2001 In the story of Oedipus the king, Sophocles beautifully demonstrates the imagery of sight versus blindness through the use of tragedy and ignorance. Oedipus is ignorant to his own incest, therefore causing the first instance of his blindness. The second instance of Oedipus’ blindness is the ignorance of his true parent’s identity. The third instance of Oedipus’ blindness is a literal one, in which he physically

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Max

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