Character Traits Of Phaethon

Sophocles, a great tragedian, was the one who gave Greek tragedies their traditional form. An important part of traditional Greek tragedies is the presence of a tragic hero. All tragic heroes should have the characteristics of rank, a tragic flaw, a downfall, and a recognition of mistakes. The seemingly tragic hero is Antigone. She wants to bury her brother Polyneices even though this would be going against Creon, who is her uncle and the king. When Antigone buries Polyneices Creon sentences her to death because of it. In Antigone by Sophocles the tragic hero is not Antigone because she only meets the characteristic of a tragic flaw, hers being pride, but doesn 't meet the other three characteristics of a

A youthful mortal, Phaethon, discovers that his dad is the sun. He approaches him and solicitations him in the event that he could have his spot only for a day let him have his auto to drive. The sun acknowledged he shouldn't have sworn by the waterway Styx to concede him any desire.He said no mortal would ever drive his chariot and neither divine beings, just him. Moreover, none of all his insightful talk implied anything to Phaethon. He had settled on his decision, at that point he had mounted the auto and they

First, in the story of Phaethon, Phaethon is characterized as a thoughtless and headstrong boy. These characteristics lead to catastrophic results, and help relate back to the main theme; A prideful disregard of the warnings from those who are older and wiser can quickly lead to disastrous consequences. For example, while driving the sun chariot and contemplating flying closer to Earth so everyone will see him, Phaethon exclaims, “Apollo said not to come too close to the Earth, but how will he know? And I won't stay long, just dip down towards the villages.” (53). This implies the Phaethon does not think about his actions, nor their consequences, and only does what benefits him and his reputation. Another adjective that could be used to describe Phaethon is stubborn, which is also demonstrated in this quote. It illustrates the idea that Phaethon was being overconfident and arrogant about

A negative trait is a personal quality or emotion that produces a bad outcome. This trait could affect people greatly and in this case it not only affects a few people, but it hugely impacts an entire city. In the play “Antigone” written by Sophocles two brothers named Polynices and Eteocles fight each other for the kingdom ship after their father dies. They end up both dying which leaves Creon, thier uncle, king. Creon gave Eteocles a proper greek burial but left Polynices unburied to be eaten by eagles and wolves. He believed that Polynices was going against the city of Thebes, thus making him a traitor. Going against the gods and his people shows that, Creon was unfit to be King. Not only did he go against his people, but he also inflicted his negative

One day, Phaethon was drove to find his father by companions’ disbelief about the truth that Phaethon was the son of the god Helios who drove the chariot of the sun. His father very pleased about saw his son and promised to give him everything he wanted, while Phaethon required the chariot of the sun, which made Helios in a dilemma, because it’s extremely difficult and dangerous for Phaethon to drive it. It would bring a devastating disaster if he can’t balance the height between sky and earth. Finally, Helios let him drive it because he loves his son so much; Phaethon was too excited to listen to his father’s word and when he drove on the sky, terrible things happened.

Ciarochi 1 Stephanie Ciarochi Mrs Tidwell English April 18, 2018 Odyssey Essay In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus is the epic hero. Many different traits are possessed by a stereotypical hero including that he travels on a great journey, he possesses great intelligence and cleverness, and he faces supernatural foes on his journey.

In The Odyssey, written by Homer, Polyphemus is a crucial character in the story, especially in book 12. Polyphemus was a cyclops with one orb-shaped eye in the middle of his head. The respected cyclops lives on the island of Thrinacia and he’s also the son of Poseidon. Polyphemus is shown as a man-eating monster, a turbulent giant, who is always thirsty for human blood. His monstrous traits are shown when he finds Odysseus and his crew in his cave, Polyphemus “lurching up, he lunged out with his hands toward my men and snatching two at once, rapping them on the ground he knocked them dead like pups— their brains gushed out all over, soaked the floor— and ripping them limb from limb to fix his meal he bolted them down like a mountain-lion, left no scrap, devoured entrails, flesh and bones, marrow and all” (Homer 220).

Antigone is a tragic story of love, death, betrayal, and heartbreak. The tragic hero of the story is Creon, the king of Thebes. Creon was 5th in line for the throne and thought that he´d never make it there. His brother, King Laius, was killed by his son, Oedipus, and Oedipus married his mother and became king. When he found out who he was married to he gouged out his eyeballs and went to live with his daughter, leaving his two sons to take the throne. They shared it for a few years but soon grew greedy for the power. This lead them to kill each other in battle and Creon to take throne. He is a tragic hero because of his errors in judgement, bad actions, and excessive pride.

One major aspect that caused the destruction of Oedipus and his family is Apollo’s oracle at Delphi. When Apollo’s oracle told Oedipus about the two prophecies, Oedipus tried to avoid them by moving to another city, and walked to meet his fate in Thebes. This shows Apollo’s advantage

In the myth “Paethon” retold by Edith Hamilton, a young boy pays the price for being selfish. Once told he was the son of the Sun God he wonders if it’s true. Then,In order to find the truth he goes to the one place he can; The Sun God’s Palace. After he asks the Sun God if he is his father, he gets his answer; yes. furthermore In order for Paethon to belive his father, the Sun God makes a promise on the styx. Hence, Paethon could wish for whatever he wants, yet the rational boy choose to ride the Sun God’s carriage. The Sun God could not deny but only warn. Paethon ignores the warning anyways. As an example the foolish boy gets on the carriage and rides with the insane horses. That was when Paethon regrets it, the horses go crazy and scorches

Oedipus displayed his faulty character throughout the play by showing how he is filled with ill-temper and pride, especially during his confrontation with Apollo’s blind prophet, Tiresias. He allowed his own hubris to take over him, eventually leading to his disaster at the end of the story. Now, some critics may argue that Oedipus did not actually go through a downfall in the play, but when looking back at the definition of a tragic hero, it can be seen that there are evidence to prove that Oedipus is a tragic hero.

Phaethon well still young, one day wanted to find out if the sun god was really his father as his mother had told him; so he decides to travel to the sun god's palace the palace shined like the sun and sparkled with gold and jewels. But, not many mortals could long endure the unchanging brilliancy of the light, and close to none have ever found their way to the palace. When, Phaethon arrived he found the sun god in his palace and asked if the sun god was truly his father the sun god replayed telling Phaethon he was his father and to prove it he would let Phaethon choose anything he wanted from his father. After, the sun god said this Phaethon replayed that he wanted to fly the sun god's chariot the sun god realized that he had made a mistake

“The truest characters of ignorance are pride and arrogance. This quote by Samuel Butler is truer than gold in the two greek myths Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus. The protagonists of both stories boastful,arrogant and prideful natures lead them to their agonizing deaths and downfall. The two myths would be lifeless and stale without the use of of literary elements like conflict,imagery,and and characterization. Conflict shapes the story,Imagery foreshadows and provides color,and characterization develops the characters personalities and behaviors. These elements are how the authors were able to teach the lesson in the theme. The two stories’ main characters, Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus share the same moral theme of a prideful disregard from those elder and wiser can quickly lead to disastrous consequences,existing thanks to these literary elements.

The Greeks considered tragedy the greatest form for literature.  However, the tragic ends for the characters were not ordained or set by fate, but rather caused by certain characteristics belonging to that person.  Such is the case with the characters of Sophocles' plays Oedipus the King and Antigone.  Oedipus from King Oedipus, and Antigone and Creon from Antigone posses characteristics, especially pride, that caused their tragic ends.  As the play progress, other characteristics appear and further add to the problem to such a point that it is inevitable that it will end in tragedy.  Therefore the tragedies were not a result of a plot by the fates, but rather a result of the

Power, the ability or capacity to exercise control and authority, can be a very dangerous thing and when something or someone controls all of it, problems can only be expected. It can break up families, tear apart cities, or even kill. This, of course, makes you a poor ruler, ordinary people start to think more highly of themselves when they are in charge. This overconfidence can result in very poor decision making, which may affect the lives of many people. Due to the disobedience of their father, Phaethon and Commodus faced the consequences of absolute power. The lust for power, as portrayed in the mythological story “Phaethon” and in the movie “Gladiator” leads to the death of both powers hungry sons as well as the destruction of a way of life.