Odysseus And Oedipus The King

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.

      Since the beginning of time epic tales have been passed on from generation to generation as a form of entertainment.  Even though each epic is different in its plot, every epic has certain features in common.  The prime example of their similarities is their main character, the hero of the epic.   The hero's behavior changes from the beginning to the end of the tale.  Since the plot revolves around the epic hero, in most cases, they are made to seem God-like, or larger then life, in their capabilities and strengths.  The hero constantly has to conquer major obstacles to achieve their initial and final goal.  Usually the hero is tremendously suspicious of other characters intensions.

Wit is a characteristic few possess in the land of Ithaca. Yet in “The Odyssey,” the strong leader, Odysseus, portrays this characteristic with the help of Athena, the god of war. After a 10- year war with the Trojans, Odysseus spent the next 10 years struggling to get home. Although Odysseus arrived home, he used his wit to overcome many obstacles such as mythical creatures and his own men. Homer tells how Odysseus is a good leader through his wit and intelligence; in

"Oedipus" made by Sophocles and "Odysseus" formed by Homer both are Greek authors. The two stories share comparable points in ways where both of the epic holy people continue on through a conflict. The characters in these plays are attributed certain qualities by the maker. The characteristics prescribed by the makers are normal for the social event of individuals. They both have a whole and subjective understanding of work. Their qualities are appeared through the characters exercises, what the creator says with respect to them, and what they delineate on themselves. This will be the centralization of the article. Both Oedipus and Odysseus, talked by others, they depict character properties.

“Oedipus” written by Sophocles and “Odysseus” written by Homer both are Greek poets. Both stories share the same themes in ways where both of the epic heroes endure a conflict. The characters in these plays are attributed certain characteristics by the author. The characteristics suggested by the authors are intrinsic to the audience. They both have a complete and subjective understanding of work. Their characteristics are displayed through the characters actions, what the writer says about them, and what they portray on themselves. This will be the focus of the essay. Both Oedipus and Odysseus, spoken by others, they describe character traits.

For generations, heroes have always fascinated people and people have strived to achieve certain qualities of their heroes. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is considered the hero of the story. While Odysseus does demonstrate some qualities that are not heroic, he is still defined as a hero because of his better, more heroic qualities in which he is far superior in than any other man. The qualities in which define Odysseus as a hero are courage, intelligence, and leadership.

“Odysseus is too thoughtless, selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view?

Charles could see Erik giving up as sharply as he felt it, the small spark that he’d come to label in his own mind as ‘life force’ dwindling to an ember and extinguishing. He was stepping forward before he could stop himself, blooding rushing in his ears against time as he spoke. “Dēsístite!“

Odysseus is an epic hero who has been on a home journey for twenty years. During his trip home he has visited many lands and been through many trials and challenges. Odysseus boast characteristics of both an epic hero and a thrill seeker.

They are kings and queens… royalty. It is important to Itheans that fathers are apart of their sons life because sons must learn their father's traits. Homer, the author of the Odyssey showed he portrayed the idea of continuity between generations by putting odysseus out of his son's life till he was old enough to take care of himself. Once Telemachus was older his father was brought home, Itheans believed that their sons were to take their place in life once they retire, so that it was a repeating loop that way there was always their trait. Because if they did not do this each person's trait would go extinct. Women had no power. Men were owners of land, they had money, jobs, Men had control and power. Yes there was women in power but

From the very beginning, what makes Oedipus ' actions in his quarrel with Teiresias and also throughout the play so dramatically compelling, is the fact that the audience knows the outcome of the story. We know Oedipus ' fate even before he does, and there is no suspense about the outcome itself, instead, the audience anxiously awaits Oedipus to reveal his fate unto himself in his desperate quest to rid his city of the terrible plague, or maybe even more so, to simply discover his own unfortunate tale. Oedipus is relentless in his pursuit of the truth, and his determination is commendable. There is nothing that compels him to act in this way, instead he freely chooses, with much zeal, to initiate the chain of events that will ultimately lead to his downfall. It is this interplay between Oedipus’ own free will and his fated eventuality that is the crux of the play, and constitutes the main dramatic power.

The third son of Canaan was Jebus/Jebusi whose descendants were called the Jebusites (Genesis 10:15-16; 1 Chronicles 1:8, 13-14). The name Jebus or Jebusites means Jerusalem. The black Canaanite Jebus was the person who founded, built and named Jerusalem after himself and his offspring’s were the ancient inhabitants of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8, 63; 18:28; Judges 1:21; 19:10-12; 1 Chronicles 11:4-6).

Oedipus the King by Sophocles is about Oedipus, a man doomed by his fate. Like most tragedies, “Oedipus the King” contains a tragic hero, a heroic figure unable to escape his/her own doom. This tragic hero usually has a hamartia or a tragic flaw which causes his/hers’ downfall. The tragic flaw that Sophocles gives Oedipus is hubris (exaggerated pride or self-confidence), which is what caused Oedipus to walk right into the fate he sought to escape.

The role of hubris, a theme commonly present throughout the works of Sophocles and particularly evident in Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, not only exalts the Greek nationalism present at the date of composition but dictates the course of the story, evolving as its tragic hero works through his fated anguish. Hubris, defined as exaggerated pride or self-confidence, is the earmark character trait of Oedipus and perhaps Creon. However, it is the abandonment of his sanctimonious nature that distinguishes Oedipus as a true hero. The theme of the evolution and role in the downfall of men by this overly zealous pride may be traced throughout Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, as it is only by his radical reversal of mind-set that one may deem Oedipus a hero.

The personality of the characters of Oedipus and Odysseus portray the ancient greek view of how a person should model themselves as to be a hero. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus says, “Sirrah, what mak'st thou here? Dost thou presume, To approach my doors, thou brazen-faced rogue, (. . .) Come, answer this, didst thou detect in me, Some touch of cowardice or witlessness, That made thee undertake this enterprise (. . .) The serpent stealing on me in the dark, Or else too weak to scotch it when I saw. This _thou_ art witless seeking to possess, Without a following or friends the crown, A prize that followers and wealth must win.”(530-545). In this passage Oedipus is revealed to be drunk with power and questions his subject’s loyalty at every turn which becomes a theme