Compare And Contrast The Tale Of Sohrab And Oedipus

The similarities between the two stories speak of life's lessons and the sometimes-painful road we have to take in order to gain life

while the first story related to only a slim few. Although these stories related to one another, they did not reach out to the same audience. There are only a few readers who can relate to both at the same time.

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

The similarities between the stories may not appear very apparent at first over closer analyzation the appear more apparent .Both stories are focused around a brother and a sister whom

The Greek drama “Oedipus The King” evidently leads to the unveiling of a tragedy. Oedipus, the protagonist of the play uncovers his tragic birth story and the curse he had been baring his whole life. Oedipus is notorious for his personal insight that helped him defeat Sphinx, which lead him to becoming the king of Thebes. He is admired by the people of Thebes and is considered to be a mature, inelegant and a rational leader. From his birth, his story began with a prophecy that Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Through out the play numerous people, who tell him of his unknown past, visit Oedipus. Blind to the truth he casts them away until a blind man named Therisis gives a sight of truth to Oedipus. As Oedipus learns the truth he realizes the great evil his life carries. After finding his wife and also mother hung in her bedroom, Oedipus blinds himself with the gold pins that held Jocasta’s robe. Oedipus blind to the truth is finally able to see when the old blind man visits him and tells him the truth about his life. Both metaphorically and physically sight plays a significant role in understanding the irony of a blind man seeing the truth while Oedipus who isn’t blind doesn’t seem to the truth that’s right in front of him.

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

A very important similarity between the stories, is that they both are in the view point of a Union soldier in the nineteenth century, during the civil war. The similarities between these two books combine the ideals of battle and war, also the resemblances show how alike the two protagonists of the stories are.

The settings in the two stories are similar in the way that they both take place in a small town with a sense of poverty. The adults are portrayed as authoritative and the narrators feel trapped.

Thesis: Death is the main theme of both short stories and both authors portrayed this dark and dreary idea as a game the characters are playing.

One of the most clear similarity in both Story of Sohrab and Oedipus Tyrannous is usually that the protagonists are renown famous and mighty heroes of the times. In Oedipus Tyrannous, Oedipus comes out as a brilliant and strong warrior. He intelligently appropriately solved the riddle of the sphinx to establish just how smart he was. He easily were able to defeat his dad and his men when he was offended by them while on his way to Thebes. That is confirmation that he was both a solid and sensible warrior.

At first glance, these stories probably look the same. However, if you take the time to read them over, you will be able to see the differences between the two. Yes, the plot and characters are the same, but the way the stories are told can change the how we view them. Point of view is very important to think about when writing because it can open a gateway of new ideas. See, despite their similarities these stories and their differing points of view drastically affect how we see the story and its ideals portrayed.

As previously stated, my universal theme found in both stories is that

It is this burden that changes Oedipus from a righteous man, to an overzealous tyrant who is quick to blame others. As Oedipus delves further into the mystery of the death of the previous King, Laius, he was warned that the truth would be unbearable. A seer, Tiresias, explicitly tells Oedipus that “you are the murderer you hunt”. Upon hearing this information Oedipus begins to accuse those around him. He denies the truth by telling the Tiresias that, “you’ve lost your power, stone-blind, stone-deaf –senses, eyes blind as stone”.

“You are your own enemy” (Guthrie, Oedipus Rex, 22:43). In the film adaptation of Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” (1957), Sir Tyrone Guthrie portrays the characters as truth seekers that are ignorant when trying to find King Laius’ murderer. On the other hand, Sigmund Freud’s hypothesis of Sophocles’ work introduces us to “The Oedipus Complex” (1899) which states that as we’re young we grow infatuated with our opposite sex parent and feel resentment towards our same-sex parent. These two pieces have adapted mirror like meanings of Sophocles’ tragic play. Sir Tyrone Guthrie and Sigmund Freud explore this through the use of ethos, irony, social distance, and the visualization of state of mind in order to show the manifestation Oedipus undergoes

When considering “The Tale of Sohrab from the Shahnameh, and Sophocles’ work Oedipus Tyrannus, each contain two main male protagonists who undertake parallel tragic journeys which highlights the perils of absent parenting, which lead to death in each tale. Son and Father Oedipus and King Laius of Oedipus Tyrannus, and Sohrab and Rostam of Shahnameh have fungible qualities that, at times make them mirror images of each, though each of their fates are different, they share the same message, actions have consequences. Beyond the obvious father-son conflicts within these two works, there are deeper similarities that make these four characters interchangeable, each man is willfully blind to the consequence of their own hubris and impulsive actions