Creative Writing Oedipus The King

"...I feel no shame, with shield and swordand armor, against this monster: when he comes to me I mean to stand, not to run from his shooting flames, stand still fate decides which one of us wins. My heart is firm, my hands calm: I need no hot words. Wait for me close by, my friends. We shall see, soon, who will survive this bloody battle, stand when the fighting is done. No one else could do what I mean to, here, no man but me could hope to defeat this monster. No one could...try..."

Before I knew it, his chest was against my left shoulder. This time hurt more than the last. It stung, it burned, it made my chest ache and ache, but it was not nearly as painful as the ache I felt knowing I was a puddle. My breath was knocked from my lungs in a haze of onyx, swirling smoke, engulfing my vision before dissipating and leaving me to deal with the aftermath of his attack. I was forced backwards again (again, again, time after time, my life was running in circles, I was a broken, repeating record, again, again, AGAIN). I felt his teeth on my neck again, multiple bites, some stinging and some bruising. But after having felt his teeth before, they did not hurt as much as the second time. I figured this attack would be a rehash of the one that preceded it, but Volterra proved to pull a bit of creativity out on me. The earth beneath my left hind hoof moved up and sent the rest of my body falling to the right, the force of his chest aiding my

Achilleus is touched and calls for a cease-fire so that Hektor can be appropriately buried. Then, Achilleus mourns with Priam, demonstrating that Achilleus is finally empathizing with the pain of another human being and demonstrating that he has matured as a man. While he has been harsh, he can also be nice and caring. Throughout the book Achilleus seems like a horrible person though in the last chapter he shows signs that the pains of war have changed him for the better and that he can now relate to a feelings of

In the opening scene, Oedipus reveals that he really, truly cares about his people. “Oedipus’ first words, and the very fact that he has appeared in person to meet a delegation of Thebans, show that he is a man of compassion” (p.3). He reveals that he is a smart leader that has control of his emotions. He is able to be strong for his people, while still remaining transparent, and tell them the truth about the plague affecting their city; this shows the relationship he has with his community. The Thebans gathered outside the palace to ask him to take action and he is willing to do whatever he can to save Thebes. Oedipus seeks to find justice and the cause of the plague that is killing the people of Thebes so he can put an end to it.

When Agamemnon refuses, the priest prays to the god Apollo to send a plague against the Achaians. After nine days of the plaque, the Achaians assemble again and demand that Agamemnon give the girl back. Agamemnon eventually agrees, but only If he gets to take Briseis, the girlfriend of Achilles and the greatest warrior in Achaians. Even though Achilleues gives her up, he becomes so angry that he refuses to fight any longer. He starts to pray to his mother who happens to be a goddess, to convince with the other gods so that the Achaians will start getting defeated in battle and realize how much they depend on

Arthur knocked on the door three times, as Mithian had requested in her note. He waited.

Catching the monster off guard, slicing through the creature. The wound seemed to have no effect on the creature swinging its giant blade that appeared out of nowhere bring it down with a mighty force, shaking the ground as the knight jumps out of the way. The giant sword stuck in the ground, in an instant the knight swung his sword at the creature's head knowing that it wouldn’t be that easy. As he thought the minotaur grabs his blade closing his mighty fist and taking the sword from his hand, and tossing it across the room. Knowing he would never reach his sword before the creature pulled his from the ground. He swung his fist at the creature's face, not expecting that the creature was hit, hard in the eye, blood squirted everywhere splattering on the knights face. The blood powered him making him faster, and slightly blinding the monster. He ran towards the blade picking it up while still running. The knight charged again swinging at the beast, it bounced off his skin like his sword was made of

Yet, the rage is still there. Unabling to kill Agamemnon, Achilleus decides to retreat from the battle, and he even thinks about returning to his home. As a warrior in particular, wrathfulness and vengefulness can be obtained easily, but tolerance and acceptance can

They are running back to their walls like maidens! Oh Zeus, how you smile upon us today! Oh look at them flee from my bloody blade! I will throw myself against this tower and run them down within their own city! But I mustn’t disobey Apollo’s words, for he knows what destiny is to come of all of us! I will retreat and rest for the day. But what’s that I hear? The thundering steps of horses at my back. Hektor and his men are coming back for more, I see. Gripping the warm spear with my left hand, I gently held a jagged stone with my right. Aiming at Hektor, I give a quick thrust but missed and

The man had to abandon his post and he ran steadfast to find his daughter, in to the labyrinth. He bitterly ran through the massive corridors. The somber walls loomed over him as his string started to unravel. He found the Minotaur and his daughter, the Minotaurs expression, once rash, was now a terrified look. The man, filled with fury, plunged his sword into the Minotaur's chest, it then disinigrated. He then embraces his

Arthur, still seated at the table in his dimly-lit chamber, slammed his fist against the polished wood.

When the heroes choose Other before Self, and thus integration above alienation, they are able to demonstrate unmatched, charismatic leadership, although this too has dimensions of isolation and unity. Rather than moving from one end of a spectrum to the other, however, Hektor is united with his men throughout most of the battle (one with them), while Achilleus consistently distances himself from those he commands (one among them). Achilleus is never able to withdraw from the warrior’s stance, even as all his men rest from the fray: "Food and drink mean nothing to my heart / but blood does, and slaughter, and the groaning of men in the hard work" (19.213-14). Later, when the Achaians hold games in honor of Patroklos, Achilleus presides instead of participating (23.257-61). He acts with great solemnity in judging the

The axe of cold steel weighs down on my shoulder. The hoof-shaped boots sliding on the ice reduce my movement to a crawl. The freezing wind in my face is making my body more numb than the heart of Tiberunius’s demons. My eyes struggle to see the battlefield ahead of me through the relentless snowfall. Yet, I endure. It’s all for him. The King. Coirellunius. He showed us how primitive we once were, and lead us to forge a holy Uniustarian empire. He always knew what was right, who was blessed, who was cursed and depraved. And these iceborn savages are the prime target. He’d taken our army of 625 archers, 25 mages, a thousand standard infantry, and us. The Minotaunius. Even among them, I am one of the finest warriors. The King knows me by name. “Patelius,” he said to me before we left, “I know your fear. I once felt it too. But the hoovesunius adorn us, and as fast as

son Achilleus” (Iliad 1.1), the issue of Achilleus’s anger and his conflict with Agamemnon is

He has made a fine attack on you, and now he might bring you down.