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- 131: The Classical World
- ... since its development by many authors and playwrights of this time period. Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, affected prose and poetry through his writing of Homeric poems. Sophocles, a playwright, "presented many changes in Greek Drama."3 These changes led to the development of more actors in a play and the addition of more scenery. Accordingly, these changes ... world. Mathematicians, astronomers, and scientists like Pythagoras, Eratosthenes, and Archimedes contributed to the field of science and influenced the modern world greatly. Contributing in the field of literature, Homer and Sophocles have affected prose, poetry, and Drama through their literary works. Philosophers have changed our views on different matters such as alternatives to eating. The contributions from the Classical World developed ...
- 132: Oedipus The King
- Oedipus The King 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. Greeks believed this fate guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free ... he wear out his life in misery or doom! If with my knowledge he lives at my hearth, I pray that I myself may feel my curse." In order for Sophocles' Greek audience to relate to the tragic figure, he had to have some type of flaws or an error of ways. This brought the character down to a human level ...
- 133: Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex If the superiority of a work of literature is based on its ability to arouse in the reader a combination of delight and anxiety, then Sophocles has succeeded in Oedipus Rex. His work provides its readers with a healthy confusion of pleasure and disquietude. These elements contribute to the effectiveness and purpose of the story. Three ... to learn his final outcome. By providing the reader with a background knowledge and keeping Oedipus from knowing the truth until the end, the experience of the reader is enhanced. Sophocles’ ability to create in the reader this healthy confusion of pleasure and disquietude in Oedipus Rex exemplifies the superiority of his work.
- 134: Fate A Factor In Oedipus' Life
- Fate A Factor In Oedipus' Life In the play Oedipus the King Sophocles portrays Oedipus as a hero all throughout the play. The rough times he was put through made him shine like a diamond in the rough. His discrepancies between intention and ... to let him figure out his life himself. Everyone had good intentions but they were all cursed by the prophecy. Like Tiresias says, Oedipus is his own downfall. I think Sophocles is trying to get a point across. He is showing us that all heroes aren’t all fine and dandy or perfect, but there are some heroes that are cursed ...
- 135: Antigone: Creon
- Antigone: Creon General Commentary In Antigone, Sophocles examines the age-old conflict between the requirements of human and divine law. This universal problem is crystallized in the dispute about the burial of Polynices, in which Creon's ... his inability to recognize that anyone else can be right and his failure to acknowledge a higher good than that of the state. In part, the characterization of Creon is Sophocles' commentary on the corrupting influence that absolute power has even on a good man, and is typical of the democratic Athenian attitude. Though her role is smaller, Antigone is the ...
- 136: Antigone
- Antigone While reading Antigone by Sophocles, I could not help but feel confused. With the play named after what I thought was the title character, I assumed that Antigone would be the hero (heroine). As Aristotle ... play. I tried to do some research on this issue and found that I was not the only one who felt that this was a confusing, albeit perplexing issue. Did Sophocles purposely try to confuse us by not going with the standard in tragedy, or did Aristotle miss something when he wrote The Poetics? This is an issue that may never ...
- 137: King Creon and King Oedipus
- ... though seemingly different, comply with what human nature craves to have. Each one may do things differently but they do it with the same ambitions and motives. In the plays Sophocles wrote, each character has characteristics that are a part of us. However, Sophocles made the characters somewhat exaggerated when compared to the way we act. In the plays "Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus", Oedipus is portrayed as an individual that lets overbearing pride ...
- 138: Antigone: Changing Views of The Chorus
- ... a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her actions. This incongruency about the them, however, was an extremely interesting feature of this Sophocles drama, causing the reader to question the reliability of the chorus. The opening lines from the chorus merely inform the reader about the war which had just taken place between ... such questions as: “ what new plan will he launch?” and “Why this sudden call to the old men summoned at one command?” (Lines 175-178) These lines are utilized by Sophocles as a suspenseful introduction to Creon's orders concerning the body of Polynices. The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their biased attitudes against Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus ...
- 139: Oedipus The King: Existence of Man
- ... man. All literature carries with itself three main characteristics: it is written by man, for man, and about man. Oedipus the King, the great Greek tragedy by the unparalleled philosopher, Sophocles, is no exception to literature's domain. It deals with one king, Oedipus, and his plight to avenge the death of his predecessor, King Laios. In his determined search to ... suffer due to his actions, it clearly states and exhibits how the actions of the characters in this story pertain to the common individual not of only the society of Sophocles' time, but also to the individual of the twentieth century as well.
- 140: The Similarities Between Creon and Antigone
- ... supposed to learn from the mistakes made in tragedies. The citizens should have learned what not to be like as a citizen or person. In a Greek trilogy written by Sophocles there are two main characters, Antigone and Creon. They are both strong willed and stubborn people. Both being unwilling to change, they both seal each others fate. Creon is passionate ... share make neither of them willing to listen to the other. Many of their traits are identical, but their opinions are so different that they can't stand each other. Sophocles did an excellent job in portraying the two vast extremes of the spectrum, passion and reason. This story hopefully proves to people that neither extreme passion nor extreme reason, but ...
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