Oedipus accuses him of lying on Creons behalf so Creon could kill Oedipus and take the throne. 3. Creon enters and says that Oedipus is not making any sense, he did not discuss this with Teiresias because he already owned a third of Thebes and chose not to rule it this showed he didn’t want power. Jocasta enters and stops the arguing. When Creon leaves Jocasta asks Oedipus what happened he explained the whole thing.
Chandler Weisz Ms. Golden Oct 7, 2014 In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles asks a question that is still asked today: is it free will or fate that controls ones destiny. Both freewill and fate are themes in the tragedy, but themes to which one caused the horrible doings of Oedipus. Oedipus fate lies in the hands of the gods, but on the other hand he still has some freewill. It was Oedipus’s fate to kill his father through marry, his mother but it is his actions through free will that he does in Thebes. Sophocles uses Oedipus to show fate and freewill together; determine what to convey the idea that either way, life will play out through ones Fate or free will and or maybe both, and lead one to what life has in-store for him or her.
Oedipus’ parents, Jocasta and Laius, sent Oedipus to die because of his fate. Oedipus survived and later save the city of Thebes from the sphinx. Oedipus is later found married to the queen of Thebes and is now trying to find out who killed the previous king, Laius. Regarding ignorance, Sophocles seems to say that ignorance can be anyones down fall. The first example is that Oedipus’ anger helps show how ignorant Oedipus is and how he even makes false accusations towards others.
Oedipus Oedipus Rex is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles about a man who tries to escape a prophecy of his life from coming true but in turn, ends up fulfilling it instead. Oedipus, the protagonist of the story, is destined by the prophecy to kill his father, Lauis and then marry his mother, Jocasta. Oedipus though, shortly discovers that all this time he had been in denial and subsequently to his own demise. With this, Sophocles, knowing that his audience already knows the outcome of the play, uses this knowledge to create situations that involve a number of verbal, dramatic, and situational irony that keeps the audience on the edge and also develop the characters in the play. This play sends a strong message of fate and free will to the audience.
Can it be said that arrogance is a sign of a good leader? In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, the title character embodies qualities that foster his leadership but also bring about his demise. Oedipus Rex is a story of a king that must banish a plague from his city. During his efforts to accomplish this goal, he discovers his true identity, loses his innocence, and becomes forever blinded by the truth. Through the great tragedy Oedipus Rex, we can easily see how Sophocles personified the tragic hero.
Once he finds out this is true he blinds himself and banned his self from civilization forever. He is the most tragic hero because fate was a main part of the tragedy. Oedipus rose to be king then fell to become a blind person who committed incest. Hamlet main goal was to avenge his father. Hamlet’s father’s ghost appears to Hamlet telling him what happened and to avenge him.
A Freudian outlook of Sophocles’ tragedy argues that the Theban king might have, in fact, been an anti-hero. Had Oedipus taken a heroic path instead of being driven by his pride and anger, he could have avoided the series of disasters that followed his collapse. Had Oedipus married a Theban wife and “set about the business of becoming a man”, with time his father would eventually die and he could stroll through
This great play was a tragedy; but Hamlet had an opportunity to seek justice and finally become king himself. Almost everyone is dead at the end of the play. So one could say that Hamlet did not actually get the revenge that he wanted. This play could have been a delighted story if Hamlet sought justice; instead he was essentially forced to seek revenged for his father and everything ended up into a bloody mess at the end. Other main characters during the middle of the story would not have been killed either.
Oedipus: What man’s bad luck does he accuse in this? Creon: My Lord, a king named Laius ruled our land before you came to steer this city straight. (Sophocles 100-104) They believe they must banish or kill the murder of their former king Laius in order to save the city. They were informed of this through an oracle that spoke to the god Apollo. Clearly the Greek people, including Oedipus, have a strong belief that this is the only way they can stop the plague and save the city since the rest of the actions of the play are in response to this message from the oracle.
Prince Hamlet seems keen to avenge his father’s death, but throughout the narrative we see Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius, he may be finding it hard as Claudius is the King and also a relative. The Ghost says he’s going to suffer in Purgatory until Prince Hamlet avenges his death by killing Claudius, as the way he died he didn’t have a chance to confess his sins, so he would go to heaven. “Doomed for a certain