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  • Conclusion Sophocles Oedipus The King
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    Oedipus the king written by sophocles when read for the first time the reader will realize that the audience already knows what is going to happen its just the way that the characters deal will with it. There is an oracle that says that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother. Sophecles examines the relationship between fate and free will. Fate being what some say is an excuse. For example if I said that I could not do what I wanted to do I could say it was fate, which is junk. What is...
  • Creon And Oedipus Compare Contrast
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    Amy Guy English 2nd Hr. November 22, 1999 Compare / contrast Oedipus and Creon as Leaders In the plays Oedipus of Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon exert similar characteristics as leaders that ultimately result in their characterization as tragic heroes. Their overbearing determination, relentless pride, uncontrollable fate, and enormous grievances all portray the inevitable outcome. Sophocles writes that the characters in the plays are chasten not because of something they had d...
  • Tragedy Of Fate Oedipus The King
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    Oedipus Rex: Tragedy of Fate Oedipus the King is widely regarded as a tragedy of fate. Briefly stated, it begins with a terrible plague that destroys the city. King Oedipus sends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi to find a cure. The answer that is received suggests to find out who the killer of King Laios was. Oedipus sends for the prophet Teiresias, who after much arguing, finally reveals that Oedipus himself is the murderer. Slowly but surely the history of Oedipus's itu ation begins to unra...
  • Oedipus's Earch For The Truth
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    Compare and Contrast the Tragic Flaw (s) of Macbeth and Oedipus Macbeth visualized himself as a forceful, powerful ruler who begins the trilogy in absolute control of the situation. As the story progresses, however, Macbeth " power and pride are broken down because he made it his destiny. As for Oedipus, he was a pitiful man who has been crushed by the avenging gods and fate. He seems to be a wiser, soberer man, rising majestically above his misfortunes. When Oedipus the king begins, Oedipus exh...
  • Oedipus Rex
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    Oedipus Rex Question 1 Dramatic irony plays a large part in the artistry of Sophocles' Oedipus, creating a special dramatic tension. For example, when Oedipus says: And for the man that slew him [Laius]... I lay this curse upon him, that the wretch In wretchedness and misery may live. (1) Since we, the audience, know that Oedipus is the killer, we see him setting himself up for the fall. We can also see irony in Jocasta's denial of prophecy: ... the prophetic art Touches our human fortunes not a...
  • Oedipus Fate
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    Sophocles uses a mixture of both visual and emotional imagery to create the morally questioning, Greek tragedy 'Oedipus Tyrannos'. He presents the audience with an intense drama, which addresses the reality and importance of the gods that the Greeks fervently believed in. The play also forces the audience to ask themselves if there is such a concept as fate. From the very beginning of Oedipus, it is made clear "that his destiny be one of fate and worse". The irony is that Oedipus unknowingly rep...
  • Oedipus Rex In The Prologue
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    Oedipus Rex Broken Down Oedipus Rex is a classic tragedy that shows how King Oedipus does some detestable things that led to his misfortune and eventually end his reign as the "King of Thebes". I will be breaking down the Plot, Structure and Setting of this play, and then go more in depth into the theme. The Plot in Oedipus Rex had a set pattern. The play opens with a Prologue, which is in the form of a dialogue. In the Prologue, the protagonist lays down the statement for the rest of the play t...
  • Sophocles Oedipus Rex
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    The ancient Greeks were fond believers of Fate. Fate, defined according to Webster's, is "the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as the do". The Greeks take on Fate was slightly modified. They believed that the gods determined Fate: ". ... fate, to which in a mysterious way the gods themselves were subject, was an impersonal force decreeing ultimate things only, and unconcerned with day by day affairs". It ...
  • Oedipus
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    Dennis TerreyPeriod Two English IV AP Through Sophocles' use of foreshadowing in the play Oedipus Rex, certain truths are revealed to the reader, such as the fact that a lack of respect for fate can eventually bring on a person's downfall, by driving them to delusion. Oedipus is looked up to by all his kingdom at the opening of the play, only to be thwarted by his own lack of intelligence -- and more by his lack of faith than even that. Oedipus, once the sanguine, yet slightly overbearing ruler ...
  • Play Oedipus The King
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    Oedipus the King Being born with a terrible prophecy, having parents send out for death, surviving death, living in a entirely lie, does it sounds like fate or is it made by decisions? In the play Oedipus the king there is a deliberation in whether Oedipus life is simply just fate with an incapacity to change it or if he chooses his fate by the choices and decisions he formulates. There is no right or wrong answer and in this case there is evidence supporting both fate and choice. Oedipus never ...
  • Master Fate
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    Oedipus: Fate is Unavoidable No matter what anyone tries, no matter what anyone does, no matter what anyone believes they have accomplished, they have not controlled fate. Fate is uncontrollable. Much like betting on a ^3 sure thing^2 and knowing in the back of your mind that there are infinite factors in the outcome -- anything could happen. It^1's unfortunate that the people of Ancient Greece sanctioned the concept of fate. In the Era of Enlightenment the idea of God-controlled fate was finall...
  • Evidence Of His Self Inflicted Downfall Oedipus
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    The tragic fall of Oedipus in Sophocles play "Oedipus Rex" is both self-inflicted and result of events drawn from his own destiny. First off early on in Oedipus' life his first deadly mistake towards succeeding his self-inflicted downfall was the murder of his father the former king. In a blind rage without any motive, he kills Liaus and his men at a rode crossing. Fate may have had led him to that point but it was his own rage that resulted in his biggest mistake. Further evidence of his self-i...
  • Long After Oedipus Fate
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    Oedipus is the quintessential tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian definition, because his demise is entirely of his own doing. In the ongoing debate of fate versus free will, Oedipus proves that fate will only take a person so far. There is no arguing that he was dealt a dreadful hand by the Gods, but it is by his own free will that his prized life collapses. Oedipus could, and should have done nothing given the prophecies of the oracle, although either way his fate would have been realiz...
  • Our Own Fates
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    OEDIPUS REX There are those in the world that will have you believe that fate controls the lives of all of us. Still, there are those who insist that each individual has complete control over there own lives; a free will over there own destinies. Oedipus attempts to dodge his fate and change his life for the better, an act that has the reverse effect. According to the prophecies, Oedipus would be born to Laius and Jocasta, only to grow up to be the death of his father, Laius, and the bride to hi...
  • Oedipus Rejection Of The Oracles
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    In his Poetics, Aristotle outlined the ingredients necessary for a good tragedy, and he based his formula on what he considered to be the perfect tragedy, Sophocles' Oedipus the King. According to Aristotle, a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself; in other words, the story must be realistic and narrow in focus. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers, causing the viewers to experience a feeling of catharsis. Catharsis, in G...
  • Oedipus And Antigone
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    Aristotle described a tragic hero as being a person who, through a flaw, in their own character, is brought from a high position and learns to see the light before their own destruction. In the Theban play. King Oedipus, Oedipus is considered to be a tragic hero after his mother and father try to cheat fate, then later when Oedipus discovered his own fate, he tried to cheat his fate also only in truth ending up where destiny had planned. Another Theban play, Antigone, also written by Sophocles i...
  • Macbeth And Oedipus
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    Oedipus was very similar to Macbeth because both of them were confronted and destroyed by a set of circumstances; Oedipus by fate and Macbeth by the witches and their prophecies. Oedipus the king was given the throne of Thebes because he answered the riddle of the Sphinx. Macbeth did not make the position of king at first, but was promoted to the title of Thane of Candor, which is still very high. Macbeth and Oedipus were told by prophesies, the witches in the case of Macbeth and the oracle in t...
  • Fate
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    IN the above quote from "Of Human Bondage", it is implied that fate is inevitable, that is also implied in Oedipus Rex. The idea is that people are responsible for their actions, but cannot be held a countable for them because all of their actions were Preordained. TO all in this book, Fate has determined thier lives before they were born. The idea that fate is inevitable is clearly the overriding theme of this book is clearly portrayed when Oedipus states, "Woe! Woe! It is all plain indeed! O l...
  • Oedipus's Fate
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    In the Theban plays, Oedipus's fate and free will was destined at the beginning by the oracle's tale. Throughout the plays, Oedipus finally realizes that free will would not stop fate from happening. As the plays unfold, no matter what's done or said to change the events, fate is always predestined. Fate in the Webster's Dictionary states that fate is "the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do". Oed...
  • Oedipus Rex Sophocles Tragedy Oedipus Rex
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    Essay: Oedipus Rex Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex is at heart about the relationship between free will and fate. In a traditional tragedy, the hero is a noble character who is destroyed because he possesses a fatal flaw. In Oedipus Rex, on the other hand, Oedipus is apparently destroyed by the gods or by fate, as he fulfills the horrible prophecy to murder his father and marry his mother. There does not seem to be a tragic flaw which brings about his downfall; his downfall is fated to happen fro...

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