He was one of the few mortals honoured by the gods, but he foolishly and cruelly wanted to test their omniscience. During the feast he gave to the gods, he killed his son, Pelops, and served the flesh of his son to the gods. All but Demeter recognised human flesh and was repulsed by the horrid crime. According to the Boeotian poet, Pindar, he wrote that his crime was not only those mentioned above, but also that Tantalus had abused his privileges, by trying to share
Ra is outraged by the mocking of the people and seeks to regain the respect of the people. (Egyptian Myths, 2010) Zeus is portrayed as the ruler of the sky. Zeus gets bored in the myth and tries to find something to do. He decides to go down to Earth and find something to do and starts a fist fight and ends up finding trouble with a nymph and his wife, Hera. (Mr. Donn's Social Studies Site, n.d.)
He says that Haemon’s life will be the payment to Creon’s debts to the Gods and that Creon has now gone beyond forgiveness. When Teiresias is led away by his acolyte the chorus reminds Creon that no one has ever known Teiresias’ prophecies to be false and Creon finally realizes he needs to undo what he has done but it is too late. Creon’s failure does not go unnoticed by the Gods and he is punished for the bad decisions he has made. Throughout the play, Creon’s failures cause much calamity. Though at the time of the bad decisions, Creon believes he was doing what is best for Thebes, his stubbornness and pride prevents him from being a good leader.
For example,Oedipus from Oedipus The King by Sophocles is a well thorough example of a tragic hero, as well as Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Both characters are heroic and important people in their societies as well as admired by readers through the imagery of their action. However, the flaw that each of them have ruins their lives and drives them into pain. Oedipus is a mythical Greek king of a city named Thebes, he fulfills a prophecy that said he would kill his father, and thereby brings a disaster on his city and family. Okonkwo, on the other hand, is a wealthy and a well respected warrior of the Umofian clan, a lower Nigerian tribe who gives effort to develop into a powerful and successful person, nevertheless ends up self murdered and doomed as an evil spirit.
In a dramatic dialogue with his father, Haemon defends the moral basis of Antigone's actions while warning his father that the people of Thebes sympathize with her determination to bury Polyneices. He and his father part in anger, as he simply asks his father to do what's right for Thebes, and his father stubbornly follows the path of least resistance. “Not here, no;she will not she will not die here, king. And you will never see my face again. Go on raving as long as you've a friend to endure you.” (3,132-134).
At the beginning when Agamemnon takes Chryseis as his prize all hell breaks lose. Agamemnon refuses to give her back and Chryses prays for help from Apollo. It is very cool to me when Apollo sends plague upon the Greek camp, causing death of many soldiers. The way that these gods have powers is amazing. Say if it were like this today and somebody messed with you, all you would have to do is pray and ask for something evil to happen to them.
With this new-found confidence, he intervenes when Penelope asks Phemius, the minstrel, not to sing of Odysseus. Sensibly, he recognizes the Battle of Troy killed many others, and affirms his place as master of his house. In the hall, he proposes an assembly to the Suitors and boldly demands that they leave his house. Later at the debate, his passionate speech and tears induce pity amongst the crowd, yet show the lack of control he has over his emotions. While he fails to convince the people of Ithaca to take action, or even speak against the Suitors, Telemachus has finally broken out of his shell.
The Bacchae In his play The Bacchae Euripides explores the duality of society, the roles of males and females in life, and the role of the Gods. His tragedy details the downfall of an arrogant ruler and his family as they each interact the god Dionysus. Pentheus, the king of Thebes, does not believe Dionysus is a god. His ultimate sin was denying that he was a god, and not making the proper sacrifices. By trying to maintain rigid order Pentheus scorned Dionysus, and set the stage for his own demise.
In the Theban Antigone by Sophocles, the author reveals a theme that the laws of the Gods are greater than those of man. The beginning of this play shows king Creon refusing to bury Polynice on account of him attacking Thebes, this begins a conflict with Antigone; Polynice’s sister who believes that she must bury her brother sending his soul to the heavens even though fully knowing the consequences of her actions could lead to her own death, Creon discovers this treason and sentences Antigone to death, despite the numerous objections by his son Haemon and the blind prophet Theresis. Through the use of conflicts and tragedy Sophocles reveals a theme that is relevant even in a modern society. Sophocles uses the interpersonal conflict between Antigone and Creon to represent that upholding the laws of the Gods are higher than the laws of man. Creon sets laws that he believes no man is bigger than while Antigone believes that
In the movie Hera is Hercules is mother, which is not necessarily true, because in the myth Hercules mother is Alcmena. In the book it states “But in reality he was the son of Zeus, who had visited Amphitryon’s wife Alcmena in the shape of her husband when the general was away fighting” “Hera, as always was furiously jealous and she was determined to kill Hercules.” (Hamilton) I think this was an extremely important aspect that they left out of the movie because Hera is evil and in in the movie is portrayed as loving and gt pleasant. Another difference that’s not mentioned is that Hercules quote “killed his family” (Hamilton), this was caused because Hera who never forgot a wrong, sent madness upon him which resulted in him killing his wife Megara and his three sons. He then felt so guilty that he thought his life was not worth living and almost took his own life. Still feeling terribly guilty Hercules searched for forgiveness.