Oedipus The King And Lysistrata

Lysistrata by Aristophanes is seen to be a comical play used to show the impact of war not only on the ones physically in the war, but the ones mentally involved also. This play was written to help express the feeling the author had about the war occurring during the time the work was written. Lysistrata, the main character, is a strong woman who decides to become as what could be said as being “rebellious”. She does this by refusing to have sexual relations with the men in the city until it was agreed that peace would be declared between the two troops. She calls a meeting with the women in the city and include them in her vindictive ideas to bring the war to an end. This play is sure to bring a smile to the readers face due to the comical events that occur. However, comedy is not the only thing that becomes apparent within the play. Throughout the work of Lysistrata there are three themes that become apparent during this play: peace and harmony, control by gender, and politics.

Throughout history, art has been a reflection of society, an indication to culture and a way to analyze historical context. Art is a gateway to understanding how people think, feel, and act in the context the art was created in. Athenian theater remains popular in modern times; it is not only timeless in its message but it can be useful in analyzing the way in which people lived during the time. Oedipus and Lysistrata, both Greek dramas, prove an example of this: they provide a reflection on the views of women at the time. The playwrights, Sophocles and Aristophanes, were both highly popularized at the time, deeply culturally ingrained into society and therefore highly reliable when it comes to cultural observation. The role of women in Ancient Athens was that of subservience and limitation. Respectable women held no job, instead bound housework and childcare. While higher class women often had

Greek theater encompassed many aspects that reflected the moral values and ideals of society. Their customs were tightly woven into the scripts of plays. Antigone and Oedipus the King, two renowned works of the Greek playwright Sophocles, explore these values through a plot thick with corruption, virtue, and determination. These plays reveal the burdens two Theban kings, Oedipus and Creon, as their lies and poor judgment corrode the integrity of their city, their families and themselves. Possessing a strong faith in their respective gods, the characters of these Greek plays are often led astray as they try to escape the twisted hand of fate, further warping their perception of reality. As their vain

During the time of Euripides, approximately the second half of the fifth century B.C., it was a period of immense cultural crisis and political convulsion (Arrowsmith 350). Euripides, like many other of his contemporaries, used the whole machinery of the theater as a way of thinking about their world (Arrowsmith 349). His interest in particular was the analysis of culture and relationship between culture and the individual. Euripides used his characters as a function to shape the ideas of the play (Arrowsmith 359).

In Sophocles play, Odeipus The King, there are many types of universal themes to humans in society. The main character, Oedipus reveals traits that humans have. No one wishes to kill their father or marry their mother. However metaphorically speaking, we can relate to his emotions and behavior. His actions and how he reacts to certain situations, defines him as a worthy person.

Oedipus was a man of rapid, impulsive actions and an unlimited awareness of the things going on around him. These qualities made him an excellent king who valued his subject’s needs. But, later on in the play I saw that his habit of acting quickly and irrationally had a hazardous side to it. He has shown that he behaves impulsively, for example when he had told the story of himself killing the band of travelers who had attempted to shove him off of the three way crossroads. Oedipus is overly confidant. This confidence comes from when he had saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and had basically become the king overnight. Oedipus’s speediness and self-confidence weaves its way through to the very end of Oedipus the King, he is continuously in motion, trying and failing to keep up a pace with his fate, even if fate is well beyond his reach. He seems to have begun to accept this and appears to accept that his life is actually out of

3. In the beginning of this play, Oedipus is a very caring, couragous, and concerned king. During the play he gets more frustrated and inconsiderate, while putting the blame on others. Finally, at the end of the play, Oedipus is a very wise and compassionate. During the play he loses both of his fathers, his mother/wife, his morals, and his eyesight. He gained knowledge about his past and future. I would say the central theme of this play is inevitability of one’s fate. I feel this theme fits the play well because it shows that one cannot hide from their

Oedipus the King is Sophocles’ Greek tragedy about a hero’s demise. Unknowingly born to King Laius and his wife Jocasta, the play entails a self-fulfilling prophecy and the unravelling of the male protagonist. Originally a murder mystery, Oedipus the King gradually develops into a journey of self-discovery. The play Oedipus the King has a major reoccurring theme of the Divine and fate, and this is evident through the worship of the Greek gods, particularly Apollo, as well as the importance of the oracle’s prophecies.

Throughout the story of “Oedipus The King” the main character, Oedipus, proves to be the tragic hero. He makes constant judgement errors that lead to his inevitable demise. Oedipus’ fatal flaw is his arrogance. This trait first becomes evident when Oedipus tells the chorus “You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers.”

In the story Oedipus The King (Dramatic Tragedy), Oedipus The King plays a role that will ultimately determine his own fate in the end of the book. In the story we see many factors that play a role in Oedipus’s fate, and we see there are many factors that lead to Oedipus’s tragic downfall. In a book a character can be influenced by others and what others have done in the past, but ultimately the decisions is in the characters hands and is based off their personality which results in their fate. In the beginning of the story we can see that Oedipus’s character is displayed and it is first seen as heroic when he saves Thebes.

Oedipus is seen as a great ruler and listens to the needs of his people. Certain qualities make him stand aside from Achilles and Aeneas. He is seen to always be aware of situations and ready to provide a solution. An example of this would be when his people ask him to do something about the plague. Oedipus does not hesitate and sends for advice from the Oracle. Oedipus is determined and willing to do what it takes, but his flaw is having too much Hubris, or pride. “Wealth and a

Greek Drama played an important civic role in ancient Greece. This is evident in the tragic drama, Oedipus the King by Sophocles. The people of ancient Greece religiously believed in prophecies and the fact that the Gods controlled their destiny. If something were to be wrong with their lands then they would think that it was because something angered the gods, and in return would try to sacrifice animals in an attempt to make the Gods happy. These are some of the key points on which the play, Oedipus the King is based on.

Lysistrata is based around the city of Athens & its main goal/storyline is to unite the Spartans and the Athenians and stop the war – everything in the play orchestrated by Lysistrata is motivated/driven by national self-interest - to preserve her nation.

Theater and plays were a very big part of Athenian society and daily life. A lot of time and effort went into the preparation of these plays. These preparations ranged from the building of the stage itself, to the kind of props and scenery used, to who was going to perform in the plays and what costumes they would wear. Over the course of this essay I will be going in depth about a few of the important things that were used to create the whole experience of the play.

Oedipus play (c. 430 B.C.) by Sophocles pictures an Ancient Greek tragedy in which the main character usually dies and there is intervention towards the main character 's destiny; or the main character is presented as a good person in the play, but oracles caused them to do bad things. A classic Greek play such as Oedipus can be perceived not only as an art in literary work but also as an analysis of Foucault 's theory of power and power relations between the king and the seer of the kingdom.