Probably the most interesting thing about this interchange is Teiresias's attitude towards the art of prophecy. Oedipus has good reason to be angry at him. King Oedipus has in front of him a man with the knowledge needed to save Thebes, but Teiresias won't reveal the necessary information. Instead he tells Oedipus that there's no point in revealing the truth, because everything that's going to happen is just going to happen anyway. Really?
MOTIF: A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. A dominant theme or central idea. Blindness in Oedipus Rex An inventory of passages on blindness symbolism line 14: Oedipus speaking to the priests about him sensing trouble ahead; "I would be blind to misery," line 28-9: Priest responding to line 14; "Our city-look around you, see with your own eyes-our ship pitches wildly," line 70-1: Same subject as above; "I see-how could I fail to see what longings bring you here?" line 119: Oedipus speaking of the killing of their former king; "I never saw the man myself." line 150: Oedipus speaking of how he will try and solve the murder of their former king, Laius; "...I'll bring it all to light myself!"
It is the type of irony you notice almost as soon as you read it. The first example of verbal irony in Oedipus Rex Act _ Scene _ is when Oedipus demands that the evil man who murdered King Laius be cruelly punished without realizing that the man who murdered him is none other than himself. This is verbal irony because Oedipus does not realize that he has actually condemned himself. Another example of verbal irony is when Oedipus accuses Creon of framing him for the murder of Laius so that Creon would become king. Creon states that he is not interested in being king as he is contented with his present position of wealth and power.
Hamlet also expresses the possibilities that the ghost could have been the devil. Although hamlet gets upset with himself he believes that the play he arranged would display Claudius’ guilt and then he will know for sure he killed his father. This reveals to the audience that Hamlet is a procrastinator and he is a coward. In Hamlet’s fifth soliloquy he contemplates the idea of suicide, he suggests that maybe the only reason we choose life is because we know so little about death other than it Is final. After contemplation Hamlet decides not to take his own life.
The unveiling of Laius's murderer is Oedipus's first step toward the revelation of his past, and ruin. It is with the foreknowledge of Oedipus's guilt in the murder that the audience witnesses this vow for his own demise, “Now my curse on the murderer. Whoever he is,/ a lone man unknown in his crime... let that man drag out his life in agony”(Sophocles 280-284) With this oath Oedipus has just foresaw his own future. In unknowing irony, he convicts himself and sets his fate in motion from the start. The question
It also becomes clear that Socrates seems to have known this all along and is actually trying to show Euthyphro that each man has his own idea of what piety is, and that there is no absolute truth concerning piety or impiety. Euthyphro is an account of a conversation that Socrates has with a religious figure before his famous trial for impiety. Upon learning that Euthyphro is bringing murder charges against his own father, for the death of a slave, Socrates decides that Euthyphro must be an authority on what is and is not pious. Hoping to learn from Euthyphro in order to appeal to those who will judge him, Socrates asks Euthyphro to share the secret of piety with him. Euthyphro begins by stating that piety is “doing as I do” (Guttengerg.org, 2008).
These concepts of fate and free will are shown with the prophecy of the Delphic oracle, the prophecy of Tiresias, and Oedipus Rex’s martyrdom. The play begins with the people of Thebes making offerings to the gods because the city has been struck with a plague. In response to this, Oedipus has sent word to the Delphic oracle to discover how they can stop the plague. Creon returns with this response: Creon: We must banish or murder to free ourselves from a murder that blows storms through the city. Oedipus: What man’s bad luck does he accuse in this?
Who Fears Who? In William Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, Hamlet tries to have justice served with the death of his father. Claudius –Hamlet’s uncle—killed his brother in order to obtain the crown. Hamlet is put in a position where he needs to decide of killing his evil uncle is worth it, and Shakespeare makes a biblical argument. In Matthew10:29 it says “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Although some may argue that God’s own treasure committing an act of murder defeats the idea of the “all loving God” described in scripture, Montresor himself never lays a hand on Fortunato directly; in fact, he gives Fortunato plenty of opportunities to leave the vaults they walk into. It is his own lust that leads him deeper into the catacombs, which,
To be compared to the stars is akin to being compared to God in a roundabout way. This divine compliment will be tarnished when Macbeth murders King Duncan. Furthermore, when Macbeth is contemplating murder, “Stars, hide your fires,/Set not light see my black and deep desires;/ The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be/ which the eye fears, when it is done, to see”. Essentially, what Macbeth is saying is that he wishes heaven to look away, because he doesn’t want God be aware of Macbeth’s plan to kill