Oedipus Versus Nora

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SWOLLEN FOOT VERSUS LOVELESS DOLL This is my own analysis on ‘’Oedipus the King’’, penned by Sophocles and ‘’A Doll’s House’’, which was written by Henrik Ibsen. Somehow, both ‘’Oedipus the King’’ and ‘’A Doll’s House’’ have put me into two journeys which eventually led me into two different worlds, the world of Oedipus and the world of Nora. Therefore, I’m going to analyse these two characters on the basis of my own insight, things which I think are of significance and certain aspects about Oedipus and Nora that made these plays special to me. Oedipus and Nora are the main characters as well as the protagonists in ‘’Oedipus the King’’ and ‘’A Doll’s House’’ respectively. In two different plays, both showed different sides of them in terms of personalities, how their actions speak louder than words, how they tried many different ways to obtain something that is not possible but at the end they failed and so on. In spite of their differences, what I noticed between Oedipus and Nora is, both of them have in common in terms of two major aspects. Oedipus and Nora struggled to fight against internal and external forces and ended up facing their own downfalls. INTERNAL FORCES Oedipus and Nora faced their own internal forces and they have to bear the consequences, the aftermath of what they did because both of them did not know how to limit their boundaries as well as handling their own restraint. In ‘’Oedipus the King’’, Oedipus gave us the impression that he was a man with great admiration, equipped with good qualities that made him an excellent king as well as a well being person with deep insight. In spite of Oedipus acted very swiftly in every of his actions and he seemed like he can took care every of his people’s needs, somehow, the aftermath of what he did was horrendous. There was a scene where Thebes has been struck by a plague and the people of Thebes
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