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  • Divine Right of Kings in Oedipus and Modern Society

    Divine Right of Kings in Oedipus and Modern Society

    When the president talks to God Do they drink beer and go play golf While they pick which countries to invade Which Muslim souls still can be saved? I guess God just calls a spade a spade When the president talks to God. (Oberst) The concept of the divine right of kings has been impacting history in both literature and politics throughout the ages. Today, this concept is reemerging in contemporary American politics through

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Oedipus’ Blindness - a Burden to the Body and Mind

    Oedipus’ Blindness - a Burden to the Body and Mind

    Blindness is a condition which has plagued mankind since the beginning of time. The loss of sight can have devastating effects on a persons life, both physically and mentally. Blindness is often always associated with having no eye-sight, but in the play Oedipus Rex , it can also be a symbol of ignorance. Oedipus, his wife Jocasta and Tiresias are all victims of blindness which affects their lives. Oedipus is the child of prophecy, burdened

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Hamlet Suffering from Oedipus Complex

    Hamlet Suffering from Oedipus Complex

    The character of Hamlet is very complex and full of contradictions. He seems gentle, yet he acts cruelly towards the people who care about him the most. He is also careful to develop a strategy which will allow him a sense of retribution against Claudius for the murder of his father without being suspected, but then he kills Polonius in a wild fit of irrationality. Still, Hamlet possesses a very philosophical mind. He is always

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • 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.

    In both Antigone and Oedipus the King the city plays an important part with the majority of the action in both plays taking place in public in front of a chorus of Theban citizens. Personal conflict/crises take place in public, and when personal events take place off stage, they are relied to the chorus (and the audience) through messengers. The city also helps to move the plot of the plays along, as well providing dramatic

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: regina
  • Oedipus Vs. Hamlet: A Character Comparison

    Oedipus Vs. Hamlet: A Character Comparison

    This paper is the rough draft version. There are grammatical errors and other such errors in it. Oedipus vs. Hamlet: A Character Comparison After reading Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Shakespeare's Hamlet, it is quiet clear that Oedipus is by far the more admirable character of the two. Aside from Oedipus' history and life experience, his superior character traits are also displayed in the way he handles several incidents throughout the play. One of the

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: regina
  • Sight and Blindess of Oedipus the King

    Sight and Blindess of Oedipus the King

    Sight and Blindness Oedipus the King by Sophocles was a play written after a devastating plague struck the city of Athens in 430 B.C. The play is about how knowledge can lead to devastation and destruction based on how the characters find out the truth of the Delphic Oracle. Years before Oedipus became the king of Thebes, the previous king, Laius, had received a prophecy that his son would grow up to kill his father.

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Oedipus Report

    Oedipus Report

    In Oedipus rex there were a lot of people to blame that contributed to the fate of Oedipus.Not only were there a lot of people to blame, but there were factors and events that probably couldn’t be avoided. The tragedy also could’ve been prevented if Oedipus would’ve chosen different actions. Oedipus was ignorant in many ways to see the truth from the start of his legacy that had overcome thebes. King Lauis and Jocosta could

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    Essay Length: 391 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    Oedipus The play Oedipus has similar events that are similar in my own life. Some themes from Oedipus that are relevant to my life include denying the truth and having too much pride or hubris. The theme denial of truth is basically where a person knows what is actually real, but they don’t want to tell the truth because they think it might make their life worse by filling it with different complications. Denial of

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Oedipus Failure to Avoid Destiny

    Oedipus Failure to Avoid Destiny

    The Failure of Destiny Avoidance (plan) The characters in Oedipus Rex try very hard to avoid their destiny but ultimately fail. Discuss King Oedipus is a dramatic play about how the characters Oedipus, Jocasta, and Laius live to put all their efforts in avoidance of their destiny but ultimately fail.  Destiny: Oedipus murder Laius (father) and incest to Jocasta.  Murder and incest considered extremely bad in Greek society  punished by Gods 

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Compare Oedipus and Creon's Rule

    Compare Oedipus and Creon's Rule

    In the stories of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, there are many similarities between the rules of Thebes. Oedipus Rex is about a man who tries to escape his fate by running away from his supposed mother and father, just to end up fulfilling his destiny by killing his father and marrying his mother. Antigone is about a woman who has buried her brother against her king’s orders. Imprisoned in a cave as punishment, she proceeds

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Bred
  • Neither Oedipus nor Hamlet Was the Direct Cause of His Troubles.

    Neither Oedipus nor Hamlet Was the Direct Cause of His Troubles.

    Although you may never meet them, and although you may not tread the soil of God’s green earth at the same time, many believe it to be a scientific fact every one of us has a twin. These people believe that in some way, we are all connected as twins. Upon presenting their theory, these individuals must have been confronted with hitches and hurdles. From chuckling and chortling to snickering and sneering, one can only

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Bred
  • Hamlet Vs. Oedipus

    Hamlet Vs. Oedipus

    Character Analysis of Prince Hamlet in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare and Oedipus in “Oedipus King” by Sophocles In Aristotle’s literary discourse, “Poetics,” he discusses his theory of tragedy, wherein he introduces the concepts of tragic flaw or “hamartia,” which serves as the catalyst for the protagonist’s downfall or the tragedy of the story to happen. He determines a tragedy as a “drama” that brings about a “sorrowful conclusion, arousing fear and pity in the audience”

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Exile of Oedipus

    The Exile of Oedipus

    The Exile of Oedipus As Oedipus began to walk his long journey into an empty road of solitude, he suddenly stopped to think about the aftermath of all the chaos that had just taken place in Thebes. He soon came to realize that he would never again return to the city of Thebes after discovering the truth about himself and Laius' killer. Absent minded of his inability to see, he turned his head as if

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Max
  • Blindness in Oedipus

    Blindness in Oedipus

    “The blind man sees and the seeing man is blind.” To what extent is this true in Oedipus the King? “To be wise is to suffer.” Throughout this play we see that after Oedipus suffers and loses his eyesight it is only then he is able to seek the truth. When we are first introduced to Oedipus, he is a strong leader who is thoroughly respected by the people of Thebes. “O greatest of men.”

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Oedipus the King - Blindness

    Oedipus the King - Blindness

    Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles’ tragedy "Oedipus the King." First, Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias, and later Oedipus; but later, blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one’s actions and the consequences that ensue. The irony in this lies in the fact that Oedipus, while gifted with sight, is blind to himself, in contrast to Teiresias, blind physically, but able to see

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Bred
  • 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: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Power of Fate in King Oedipus

    Power of Fate in King Oedipus

    Text Response: King Oedipus “Power Of Fate In King Oedipus” Are people really responsible for what they do with their lives and their actions? This very question has bamboozled the world through history. Over the years, people have questioned the influence of great or power, environment, genetics, even entertainment, as shaping how free any individual is in making choices. Oedipus the main character meets with a tragic fate. In the beginning he is a great

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

    Irony 1: 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

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Rex Goudie--Break the Silence

    Rex Goudie--Break the Silence

    Rex Goudie Break The Silence Rex Goudie is one of my favourite rock artists, because he has unique lyrics with powerful messages. I saw him in concert and he really gets into his performance. It also helps that he’s REALLY hot!!!!!!!! Hmmm . . . does that seem obsessive to you? Rex was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia on November 18th, 1985, but moved back to Burlington, Newfoundland, with his family, just before he

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Janna
  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

    Oedipus The King Uploaded by texaSS on Jun 19, 2005 Oedipus' main conflicts in Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King, revolve around the fact that he did not know himself. In his lifetime, Oedipus always believed he knew where he came from and where he belonged. And it took him a long time to finally be convinced of his true past and realize his worst fear came true. Oedipus more or less rebuffs any suggestion

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Greek Theater Related to Oedipus

    Greek Theater Related to Oedipus

    Dan Mullen Structure of Greek Theater Greek theater took great advantage of the natural surroundings, a great theater design, and technologically advanced props and equipment. The Theater itself consisted of 4 parts, the Orchestra, the Skene, the theatron, and the paradoi. Technologically advanced equipment such as the machina, or the ekeclema gave the greek theater an air of believability. Oedipus took advantage of many of these aspects of the theater, and used them to

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Top
  • The Oedipus Plays

    The Oedipus Plays

    The Oedipus Plays, written by Sophocles, is a trilogy including the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. This was a very entertaining book for me, and I enjoyed it because I had a hard time putting it down. The reader cannot help but get sucked into the plot for wanting to know what will happen next. The version I read was revised and translated by Paul Roche. I think that Sophocles was

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Steve
  • Oedipus; Free Will and Fate

    Oedipus; Free Will and Fate

    The events in Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, show an underlying relationship of man's free will existing within the cosmic order or fate which the Greeks believed guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Both the concept of fate and free will played an itregal part in Oedipus' destruction. Although he was a victim of fate, he was not controlled

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: David
  • Oedipus Tyrannus

    Oedipus Tyrannus

    Oedipus Tyrannus” is “basically is a story of a man’s discovery through persistent inquiry that he is guilty of unwitting parricide and incest, and his horrified reaction to that discovery. In “Oedipus the King”, Oedipus king of Thebes unknownly killed his biological father and married his mother. On this Ancient myth, the playwright Sophocles weaves a complex story that can be interpreted on many different levels of intellectual thinking. This play, since the time it

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Oedipus

    Oedipus

    There is nothing wrong with Oedipus committing into searching who killed the King Laius. Oedipus behave as the king and it was the best thing to do to show his authority to his population. As story goes, the purpose to search the murder changes. Oedipus ignoring each advises that warn him about risk to know the truth have gradually become selfish. At the end, everything is uncovered, letting Oedipus be ruined. The problem is the

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: regina

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