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- 141: Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex In the story of Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good natured person that has bad judgment and frailty. Oedipus makes a few bad decisions and is condemned to profound suffering because of ... he could be responsible for such a horrible crime. He learned a lesson about life and how there is more to it than just one person's pride. Work Cited Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. World Literature. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993. 307-367.
- 142: 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 ...
- 143: Antigone: Summary
- Antigone By: Sophocles Plot Summary - Antigone begins as Antigone and Ismene talk about their brothers' deaths in the war. The one brother, Eteocles, was buried with great military honors, whereas the other brother ... odes, which were usually sung by a chorus. The scenes were short and to the point but they still contained the information which is crucial to the story. Even though Sophocles wrote Antigone 2,500 years ago, his play is still effective because you can relate the conflict between Creon and Antigone to the conflicts of today between conscience and authority ...
- 144: Antigone and A Few Good Men: Doing What Is Right
- ... A Few Good Men: Doing What Is Right Some individuals in literature try to do what they believe is right, even though they face oppositions. In the play "Antigone", by Sophocles, and "A Few Good Men", by Rob Reiner, Both Colonel Jessep and King Creon are two such inividuals. In both of these plays, they are both successful in doing what ... is because Polynices was a trader. He succeeded, but is faced by an opposition. Antigone opposed him because in her religious laws, all corpses had to have a proper burial. (Sophocles: lines 384-581) "That order did not come from God. Justice, That dwells with the gods bellow, knows no such law. I did not think your edict strong enough To ...
- 145: Oedipus: The Mysteries of Fate
- ... grow and die? Why are some people lucky and others unlucky? Some believe in free will while others believe in fate or destiny. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus was a true victim of fate. Gods and goddesses were believed to be responsible for the wonders of science, and the vagaries of human nature; therefore, according to the ... day our lives end, we don't choose where we will go, we, I believe, are destined to be sent where we belong. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus was a true victim of fate. Like Oedipus, there was a time in my life when I too, felt like a victim of fate. The Greeks had an orderly ...
- 146: Oedipus: King Of Riddles?
- ... Myths (Garden City:Doubleday & Company Inc. , 1962), 158. Oliver 5 Bibliography D'aulaire's Partin , Edgar and Ingri. Daulaire's Book Of Greek Myths. Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. , 1962. Sophocles. Oedipus The King in The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles. (Trans. P. Roche.) New York: Mentor Books , 1986.
- 147: Conflicts And Relationships
- By: james carvill E-mail: tuf123guy@aol Conflicts in Relationships by James Carvill In Othello, the Moor of Venice by Shakespeare, A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, and The Glass Managerie by Tennessee Williams involve relationships and the development of the characters through conflicts in their relationships. For Othello it was Iago’s deception and Othello’s ... Nora stated,“ I have been living here for eight years with a stranger.” And just as the dialogue ends she is compelled to leave her husband. Throughout Oedipus Rex by Sophocles the tragedy of the incestuous relationship becomes apparent. This idea becomes fundamental in recognizing the tragedy involved in this story. The Oracle’s prediction of the king and Queen’s ...
- 148: Antigone 4
- ... has an impact on Antigone, but also Haimon, Creon's son. Haimon implies his own suicide by stating the following- "Then she must die--But her death will cause another" (Sophocles, III- 119) This open threat still has no effect on Creon's decision towards Antigone's punishment. Though he recalls his promise to the people, it seems as if he ...
- 149: Euripides Medea
- ... many new ideals and beliefs surfaced. These new ideals and beliefs, though good in intentions, often conflicted with one another and created complex moral dilemmas. Such was the case in Sophocles play Antigone that was written in this era. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war concerning their ideals. They both base there actions on what they believe ...
- 150: King Oedpius: Oedpius A Person of Great Importance
- ... excellent leader, it seems curious that the only notable thing about his kingship was an act that took place fifteen years and four of his children ago. Was it really Sophocles' intention that we regard Oedipus as a "good" man? Oedipus accuses Tiresias and Creon, two innocent men, of conspiring to dethrone him and take over the country. Would a "good ...
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