The childless king, Polybus and queen, Merope, who raised him as a prince, then adopted him. He never knew they were not his real parents. When Oedipus first heard the prophecy, he assumed that it related to Polybus and Merope, who are the only parents Oedipus had ever known; he fled and roamed around Greece. During his roaming he met and killed Laius. He did this action believing that the king and his followers were a band of robbers, and unwittingly helped the prophecy to be proven correct.
Ben Runchey May 9, 2012 Book 13 Journal Entry 5 Pay very close attention to the speech of Poseidon complaining of the success of Odysseus in Phaeacia (lines 165-170). What is the meaning of the transformation of the Phaeacian ship into stone? What is the meaning of Odysseus’ meeting with Athena upon his arrival to Ithaca? What does she advise? Poseidon turns the Phaeacian ship into stone to punish the Phaeacians for their obligations of assisting travelers and wayfarers.
Through consideration of the Greek hero Perseus, we can match these traits to his story. • • • • • • • • Perseus' mother Danae, is a royal princess and a virgin. His father is Zeus, and he was conceived when Zeus transformed into a golden shower to visit Danae Danae's father tries to kill Perseus
Gentlemen, I beg you to observe these girls: One has just now lost her mind; the other, It seems has never had a mind at all (1.150) said Creon. Creon humiliates his own nieces publicly. Tragic flaw is a very important characteristic for a tragic hero. Both Creon and Antigone have a very strong sense of pride, but Antigone’s tragic flaw is her lack of fight. Antigone was very heroic and brave at first, Creon now punishes her, and she does not fight back, but she simply badmouths her father.
When the earth’s mortals were just beginning get developed. Zeus punished mankind for Prometheus stealing fire for them. He sent a box full of sins to put diseases to put to death all men. Sent by Pandora the first woman to join the earth along with more women who were created by Zeus to join men. They were told to go work harder to survive by Zeus.
In Sophocles “Oedipus the king”, Oedipus was sent to mount Cithaeron as a new born baby to die after his father (King Laius) was cursed by the gods and heard of a prophecy that his son is to kill his father and marry his mother (Queen Jocasta). The Shepard in charge of this could not kill the baby so instead Oedipus is adopted. Later Oedipus hears about the prophecy, and leaves, afraid that the prophecy would come true. Along the way he gets in a fight with a man and kills him, unknowingly his father. He then solves a riddle from the Sphinx, which has been terrorizing a kingdom, and in return, the kingdom gives him their queen's hand in marriage, which is his biological mother.
What would be a better way of demonstrating their superiority than to capture the god of war himself? As their first act of defiance the pair set out to capture the unsuspecting Ares. They traveled to Thrace where they found the god at home in his palace, promptly seized him and held him prisoner in a bronze jar which they hid at the home of their grandmother Eriboea. With Ares neatly out of their way, the two man army continued with their attempt to seige Mount Olympus. In order to build a bridge that would reach to the divine palace of the gods, Mount Pelion was first placed atop of Mount Ossa.
It was thought that since King Henry VIII had married his brother’s wife that he was cursed in regards to Catherine not being able to have any children. Once he found out that Catherine could not bear children, he found Anne Boleyn which he started to fall in love with more than Catherine the woman he was married to. The Catholic Church at this time period was considered to be above all rulers and their countries. King Henry the VIII was very spoiled and demanded everything he could ever ask for. He had no common courtesy, and always took advantage of everyone he came in contact with.
Due to Desdemona’s never ending, continuous love for Othello, she ultimately played a role in her own death. The love Desdemona feels for Othello is seen in the fact that she goes against her family and marries the man she loves, not the man that may necessarily be more suited for her. Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, believes that Othello lures Desdemona away with his witchcraft and that her life would be much better if they never married. However, Desdemona ignores her father’s instruction; despite the fact Brabantio believes their relationship is unnatural: “She [Desdemona] is abused, stol’n from me and corrupted by spells and medicines bought of mountebanks; for natures so preposterously to err, being not deficit, blind or lame of sense, sans witchcraft could not” (Othello, 1.3.60-64). At first, Brabantio believes that his daughter was tricked by Othello, that he stole her away with his magic spells and witchcraft.
Other characters present in this scene are Antonio, Leonato’s brother, the naïve Hero’s uncle, whose purpose in this scene is to comfort and convince Leonato to stop feeling guilty about the false accusation on Hero and to instead condemn the people who blamed Hero; and Claudio, who is a shy gentleman in love with Hero but falls for Don John’s trick and insults Hero in public on the day of their wedding. Claudio’s purpose in this scene is to show the weakness of his character, and to show his dependency on other strong characters for his decisions. This passage basically talks about the false accusation on Hero during his wedding day and the guilt Leonato faces