Comparing Hosseini And Sophocles

Amir is fulfilled knowing that him and his father are better now, and oedipus is blind. Seems kind of like polar opposites, but they still have a connection. Oedipus finally figured out

Sophocles, a famous and renowned Greek dramatist, is the playwright to both the play Oedipus the King and Antigone. Along with Antigone and Oedipus Sophocles had also wrote Electra and Fete. Sophocles wrote many Greek tragedies which are plays in which the main character in the play suffers a tragedy due to some flaw of theirs. An example would be how Oedipus (thinking he is defying a prophecy) murders his father and weds his mother. His flaw was him trying to defy fate if he had not just stayed where he was he would’ve been fine. His works are referred to and taught all over the world in many schools along with colleges; this should give light to how will written his plays are and how

Throughout the vast history of literature, various concepts have come and gone. The idea of fate or fatalism has been a concept that has survived the test of time. Numerous characters have succumbed to the power of fate and the character of Oedipus from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a prime example of the vast power of fate within literature. Sophocles effectively depicts the wrath of fate as he portrays how Oedipus fell victim to fate and his efforts to disregard fate were futile. Once again fate manages to triumph and displays no character whether king or slave can avoid its gaze.

Herodotus and Sophocles both believe that you can’t “count [a] man happy till he dies, free of pain at last.” (Sophocles, 1684, 251) Only when man is dead is he free from god’s leash. Herodotus and Sophocles, both conclude in their texts that the god(s) express their will through divine communication and thus the inescapability of god’s prophecies is enforced by the placement of human beings who act to fulfill divine messages. Herodotus believes the god’s decisions presented by their divine communication with humans is justified by Croesus’ and Astyages’ ignorance.

Many lessons can be learned from Sophocles plays Oedipus the King and Antigone. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus caused his fate to become real by running from it. He killed his father and made love to his mother even though he had no idea who they were he was still punished. He passed the punishment of his sins to the rest of his family when he gouged out his eyeballs and banished himself from the city. In Antigone Oedipus’s sons killed each other in battle over the throne and helped Creon take over the throne. He made a law that no one could bury Polynices but Antigone, Polynices sister, tried to bury him anyway. The king sentence her to death when he found out and his son, Antigone's fiance, killed himself making Creon realize what a

“You’re as blind in your ears and your mind as you are in your eyes!” The wise words of Oedipus from Oedipus the King, a play by Greek playwright Sophocles. Sophocles also wrote Antigone; the two plays tie together to form one long myth. The myth is about a cursed man’s life and his children’s not so fortunate lives. Oedipus the King is about a man named Oedipus. It is a story of his life and how the sins of the father are passed down to the children. The sins of his father made him bring a plague upon Thebes, the town he was born in. The plague causes great disturbance to the whole town. Antigone is about Oedipus’s kids. His son, Polyneices, was killed by his other son. Creon, the leader of the time, said that no one was allowed to bury him.

“I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.” (Marie de France). The poet Marie de France speaks of how love is a serious business, and in a sense she is right. In most ancient times, the husbands of women do not usually love their wives so much that they would treat them equally. The play, Antigone, by the playwright Sophocles is about a young lady named Antigone who attempts to bury her brother, because the king, Creon, doesn’t want to allow a traitor to be buried. When she manages to bury her brother, she is locked away in her family’s tomb, so she decides to kills herself. In the poem “Nightingale”, by Marie de France is about a married lady who falls in love with a younger knight. The land and the younger knight talk

Large-scale questions of such ideas are raised in Sophocles’ play, “Oedipus the King”—a story that deals with the tragic hero, Oedipus, and his demise. Oedipus progresses through the play struggling against his own wicked destiny: the prophecy that declares that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Ultimately, Oedipus fulfills this prophecy; in fact, he had completed his fate without his own knowing and before the play even begins. Despite his belief that he was fighting against his prophesized destiny, Oedipus was ironically fulfilling it, and he slowly brings about his own downfall. He becomes a victim of his own fate. In this regard, “Oedipus the King” explores a terrifying concept: Oedipus never had free will—a puppet in every sense to the higher beings that decided his ending for him.

Questioning Fate Though it was written thousands of years ago, the famous play King Oedipus by Sophocles managed to encompass themes and life questions that we can relate to. Thoughts of religion, fate and choice are some of Sophocles’ main points to consider as we watch the infamous show Oedipus the King. By using foreshadowing and irony, Sophocles shows that one’s fate is inevitable, so by denying it due to fear or hubris, the outcome is exacerbated. The relationship between gods and mortals for control of one’s fate is tested by Oedipus and his parents because of their hopes to escape the dark path planned for them.

Othello and Sophocles present two tragedies that can be seen from two points of view. Although both characters seem to be falling to fate, it is clear that the fate that befalls Othello would have been avoided. He only needed to think and act rationally but he chose jealousy and hearsay. As a leader, he failed to deal with the situation amicably and this may have led to his ultimate demise. On the other hand, Oedipus' fate was beyond his control. His fate was driven by the gods. This is because after his escape and send of was not conducted in the right manner and this saw him come back to fulfill the

exercising his free choice by making bad decisions . Oedipus certainly meets these portrayals of a tragic hero. The dialect of tragedy consists of two circles: one is a relative point and the other is impacted and the effect on its audience. Sophocles and Aristotle’s achieve that task with absolute clearness. The modern reader, coming to the classic drama not entirely to the enjoyment, will not always surrender himself to the emotional effect. He is apt to worry about Greek ‘fatalism’ and the justice of the downfall of Oedipus, and, finding no satisfactory solution for these intellectual difficulties, loses half the pleasure that the drama was intended to produce . In dramatizing stories, there will dependably blends of passionate sentiments, suspense, and fervor to discover what’s

Now in Oedipus Rex his father's decisions in the past lead to the fractured relationship they hold today. Oedipus can not control himself when angered, so he has always feared seeing his father because he would try to kill him. Amir and Oedipus are both pushed away and rejected by the men they crave recognition from. When the Shepherd says “Out of pity, master. It seemed he would bear him away to another land, his home. But he rescued him into the greatest evils. For if you are who he says, know that you were born cursed” he is letting Oedipus know that his father turned him away at a young age because he was cursed (Sophocles 53). This clearly causes Oedipus to feel damaged because in the next line he says “Light, let me see the last of you now” (Sophocles 53). It is not easy to hear the rejection that Oedipus has been getting since birth from his father. Not only has this affected his life by living in fear, but he is now wanting some cruel punishment to come upon him. Oedipus and Amir continue to struggle with the life their fathers have created for them.

For the general population, we share a common ability to weave the thread of our own futures, to decide for ourselves what path to travel. Ibsen’s character Nora and Sophocles’ Oedipus missed out on the gift of choice we take for granted, and this is not only damning for the two of them, but it is tragic. However, their predetermined fate does not propel them towards despair; rather, both Nora and Oedipus embody and display their own fatal flaws that lead them to their brutal ends. But Nora and Oedipus’ downfalls do not go in vain, for through their reversal of fortune they both shed their false selfhood and awaken to a truer form of themselves, which lessens the blow of their tragic falls. For Oedipus, he stumbles upon the truth about his

Sophocles ' play “Oedipus Tyrannus” is an enigma. His play includes incest, murder and self-enlightenment all leading into the main theme of fate. Athenians believed that fate is not left up to man, but that is provided solely on the whims of the gods. Because of his dramatic approach to his plays Sophocles was considered one of the most brilliant and creative writers of his time.

Sophocles’ play, Oedipus the King, has risen many questions concerning the main character and whether or not he acts on free will or if his future is predestined by the gods. I am going to test the theory that although Oedipus believes he is acting on his own free will, he is in fact a victim of the gods. I will analyze several different sources that discuss fate and human agency in Oedipus the King and then proceed to build my original argument on the archaic debate.