The Coward Oedipus Is “A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit”. This quote by Thomas Jefferson portrays Oedipus because throughout ‘Oedipus Rex’ he quarrels with everybody about he truth and becomes blind to it. By blinding himself Oedipus becomes a coward because he doesn’t want to face his crimes. It all started when Oedipus hears a dreadful prophecy that he will murder his father and sleep with his mother. He leaves Corinth and travels to Thebes, and on the way he unknowingly kills his father during a quarrel.
In the tragic tale of Oedipus the King, Creon resonates through out the story as the voice of reason and comes out of this disastrous event as a wiser man. Creon is the brother of Queen Jocasta and a loyalist to the city of Thebes. Sophocles shows ancient Greek’s sense of nationalism and patriotism through this character. In proving his loyalties to the state he says, “I hate anarchy and never would deal with any man who likes it.” Creon is completely dedicated to Thebes and his king. He is a rational and logical man.
Antigone placed a curse on creon and soon he starts to realize what he has done and so he decides to not kill Antigone, and let her be free. In conclusion heamon finally persuades his dad, with the help of Antigone, that he shouldn’t kill Antigone because she was being loyal to her family and following gods
Trueblood is also a shrewd man who understands the workings of the white power structure, manipulating it to his advantage. After receiving his eviction notice from the college, he refuses to uproot his family and give up his home. Realizing that he has no chance of openly challenging Bledsoe, Trueblood appeals to his boss, Mr. Buchanan, who writes a letter to Sheriff Barbour on his behalf, describing his situation. When the sheriff along with some other men, after listening to Trueblood's story, reward Trueblood with food, drink, and tobacco, instead of condemning him, Trueblood
Oedipus first runs away when a drunken man tells him that his parents are not his real parents and he wants to seek wisdom on this from the oracle of Apollo. The oracle tells Oedipus a prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus said that “When (he) heard that, (he) ran away” (Sophocles 56). Oedipus then makes the choice to run away and not go back to Corinth, his home. Oedipus has other options that he could have chosen instead of running away from home.
This proves that he’s selfless and a caring guy because he didn’t want to let Christian die thinking that Roxane doesn’t love him. Plus he didn’t want Roxane to love him because he wrote the poems. He didn’t want to steal Roxane away from Christian and Christian away from
Although the mass corruption in the town, John Proctor remained true to his self. Proctor stands strong in his beliefs and was not going to let Abigail Williams destroy his wife. It is a shame for someone with great characteristics, such as; honesty, braveness, and loyalty, to be killed, because he wouldn’t confess to witchcraft that he didn’t
'I do believe the creatures both are mad, one lately crazed, the other from her birth' (Sophocles 141) In this quote Creon is calling both Antigone and Iseme crazy for feeling sorrow for their brothers death.This displays hubris because he is being ignorant as he is filled with excessive pride. Creon was so insolent towards the two sisters tjay he didn't even understand that they lost a member of their own flesh and blood. Creon also portrays hubris toward the blind prophet. “Do you forget to whom you say it?” (Sophocles, 154) In this quote Creon is asking Teiresias If he forgets who he is talking to. Creon shows hubris because he asks this to Teiresias because he is king and has excessive pride.
Jocasta’s Beliefs: Jocasta does not want to believe that Oedipus is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Her belief in the idea that man can change his fate is challenged as she discovers that Oedipus is truly her son and he in fact killed his
King Creon lets it be known that Polyneices was a traitor and should not be buried; Eteocles only should be honored for fighting as bravely as he did to protect his city, but Antigone defies the King’s order because of the values she holds. She is caught, and