Oedipus The King, Romeo And Juliet, And The Glass Menagerie

In order to gain a proper perspective on the concept of what a tragic hero is, we must synthesize information from the following play’s, “The Death Of A Salesman”, and “Oedipus The King”. Both plays takes the stance on the idea that validates the ultimate notion,  “tragic hero. From Willy’s hubris personality to his questionable and mysterious death, to Oedipus dynamic and complex choices and kingly personality that determines his fate. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement that leads to his/her downfall. In other words, even though both characters made incredible contributions and left a very noble legacy, their choices and decisions determined their ultimate fate. In today’s world tragic heroes are commonly present,

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.

In the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare presents the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet, the two protagonists as one of the main themes. This is clearly shown at the end of Act 3 Scene 2 when Juliet receives the news that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt has been killed. Juliet is distraught at the conflict of her loyalties. Should she express love for her family or should she express love for Romeo? By using many different language features, such as oxymorons, paradox, antithesis and dramatic irony, Shakespeare effectively displays Juliet's conflicting emotions. Later in the play, Shakespeare uses the betrayal by adults to again show the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet.

Theatre is a collaboration of various forms of fine art which utilizes live performances presenting before the audience on a stage at a specific place within a scheduled time (Dugdale 10). The message is communicated through a combination of various channels like songs, speech gestures or dances. Stagecraft skills are combined with elements of art to make the performance more physical and near to real life experience. Theatre is categorized broadly into drama, musical theatre, comedy, tragedy and improvisation. Any form of these accepts integration of various production modes and collective reception to influence the artwork being presented. As a result of this cooperation of items in the theatre

It is important to make wise decisions. Failure to do so can lead to irreversibly idiotic outcomes, such as in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Other decisions that can lead to awful outcomes can be explained in books such as To Kill A Mockingbird and The Odyssey.

Among the occurrences of events from innocent young love to the grasps of unexpected deaths, Shakespeare is able to move his audiences’ emotions in his eminent tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The realization of negative consequences caused by hate, the discovery of Romeo and Juliet’s love story and the termination of the houses prolonged quarrel are all of the most sentimental events overall of the play. Which is also known as Act V Scene III. This particular scene portrayed emotions and had the power to influence therefore, it is the most relevant phenomenon in the story.

There are two excellent tragedies in world literature, Hamlet and Oedipus the King. Oedipus the King was written by Sophocles and Hamlet was one of the famous dramas of Shakespeare. There were some similarities and several differences between the two tragedies. Although the plays were both set in different time periods, they had similar themes about fate and free will. Their plots were also analogous. However, the two main character had a major vital difference that Hamlet is a tragedy of inaction and Oedipus is a tragedy of action.

This story is a perfect model for a great tragedy because it emphasizes on human weakness and man’s inability to change his destiny. “Oedipus the King” was introduced by Sophocles in which he introduced the achievements of Oedipus. It takes you on the journey or Oedipus and this tragic things that he goes through. Although Oedipus was a good person and a true hero, he was the unfortunate one to discover that the gods were only playing with him. Oedipus has everything a man of that time could ever want: he has a great wife and children, he becomes the king of Thebes, and has great fame throughout the lands. “The world knows my name; I am Oedipus.”

Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, follows the tragic story of a king named Oedipus who goes from an all-powerful ruler to a hopeless blind peasant. Oedipus the King was written as a play and performed in front of an audience. Sophocles shows in Oedipus the King that one cannot escape the fate of the gods. Throughout the play Oedipus struggles to find a solution and change all the troubles in his life. The play observes the story of Oedipus who defies the gods and through the journey experiences hardships in tragic flaw, tragic fall and tragic realization.

In unit two of the semester, the class focused our attention on drama. As a class we read three very good play’s Oedipus the King, Death of a Salesman, and The Glass Menagerie. While all three of these plays were well written and had their share of both dynamic and static characters, the reader can’t help but notice that the mothers in all three plays were secondary to their male counterparts. The question posed is whether or not the mothers were nurturing, the answer was not easy to come by since all three women were very different. While there were some mothers who were nurturing to an extent, all of these women had their flaws and dysfunctions which led to them to not be considered nurturers.

The overall tone and mood of “Romeo and Juliet” may seem optimistic as the audience denies that what was heard in the prologue is truthful. However, the actual tone and mood of the play is very pessimistic, as every character indicates death and darkness that will soon be bestowed upon the lovely Romeo and Juliet. Even the Friar expresses a warning as he states, “These violent delights have violent ends,” in Act 2, Scene 6. This sentence represents the entirety of “Romeo and Juliet” because it delineates that the explosive and passionate love that Romeo and Juliet have will inevitably end violently. The Friar’s words serve as a warning for not only Romeo and Juliet, but also the audience whom continue to deny such an ending for their adored characters. The prominent tone of the play being pessimistic and sardonic, violent and crude imagery is created with the many analogies and idioms presented throughout the play. Despite this gloomy tone however, the audience feels a large amount optimism as they root for Romeo and Juliet (who are also the only characters with a sense of

Breath. Being in a modern society where only a glimpse of people are accepted, and everyone else is racing to take others out, there is no room to step back and just inhale. Individuals are so wrapped up about being a certain way and accomplishing noble pursuits, they miss out on what is most important in their life, themselves. Furthermore, life is one, a singular noun, not a video game where after every second characters are able to revive themselves and come back as if nothing has happened. Yet, individuals are doing exactly this. Following along like a pact of dogs, people are not able to take in charge of their lives and make it their own. However, in “Little Brother”, “Oedipus the King” and “Death of a Salesman” the main characters contradict

Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet", both contain the basic elements of tragedy of innocent and illusion. Hamlet and Oedipus go through drastic changes throughout the play that change their personality and shows their madness which leads the two characters in their most tragic downfall. The both characters in the play share one thing in common is that they are both seeking for the truth behind their parent’s death. In these two plays, two kings must leave their innocent behind as the truth leads them first where the battle between good and evil started. This is the battle between the good where they must find truth, and the evil is where they become a murderer where they face the darkness, which is symbolized lies. Throughout the play two classic examples of this timeless conflict are Hamlet and Oedipus., are both experienced madness, and exposed to incestuous

The above example illustrates not only how the theatrical performance affects the audience, but also how the audience influences its dynamics, development and the characters within it. The actors feel a certain level of acceptance from the viewer, who demands a certain way of depicting the character. Theatre is not just entertainment, itís something much more than that ñ itís education. Theatre should always represent things, rather than

Think of time as a stream, throw a pebble at it. What happens? It ripples right? But the stream heals itself and keeps growing. That same illustration applies for reality. You will always end up where you were supposed to have ended up. Did the characters of these text ever have a say in their life or was it all planned out already, was it fate or choice? In the texts The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and Pyramus and Thisbe written by Ovid, two young lovers are forbiten to see each other by their parents, but in their devotion to be together they make a plan to try to be together, which fails because of a simple misunderstanding. Which end with the two lovers dieing by there own hands.In the lives of the characters