Comparing oedipus

Images of disease dominate Shakespeare's Hamlet as well as Sophocles play, Oedipus the King, Both Hamlet and Oedipus face many problems with death. Hamlet is seeking out the killer of his father as well as Oedipus. They feel that justice hasn't been served properly and they must seek out the killer of their fathers' in order for justice to be served. In both Hamlet and Oedipus the King, there is mass turmoil amongst family relationships, the inner problems they face, and the lack of free will

Sophocles is “one of the three great writers of tragedies in ancient Greece” (1099). He wrote “Oedipus the King” in approximately 469 BCE. Arthur Miller provided his version of a tragedy in 1947 with the play “Death of a Salesman.” This paper will compare and contrast Sophocles “Oedipus the King” and Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” to show that Sophocles had the better tragedy. Additionally, Aristotle’s’ “Poetics” defined a tragedy more accurately than Miller’s interpretation. Aristotle

Comparing Female Characters in Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone       In the times of the ancient Greeks, women had an unpretentious role. They were expected to do take on the accepted role of a woman.  In most cases, a woman's role is restricted to bearing young, raising children, and housework. In Sophocles' Oedipus  the King, Antigone, and Medea, the dominant female characters impacted upon men with authority and political power.  It is

about anything. This being said these characters are both admirable at first. However by the end they are outcasts. When we are first introduced to Okonkwo in the very beginning of the book, we are told, “fame is rested on solid person achievements”. Oedipus also was notable throughout his land because of his victory in unlocking the riddle of the Sphinx, thus saving the city. Although both tragic heroes cannot be compared to one another in every way they both had two things in common; honorability and

In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe and “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles, both Okonkwo and Oedipus possess tragic flaws, which lead to their eventual downfalls, thus making both “Oedipus The King” and “Things Fall Apart” fall under the category of tragedy. This aside, these aspects of their personalities in these texts by Sophocles and Achebe are not helped by the negative twists of fate that seem to make the problems with their behavior more pronounced, thus more tragic in the end. Due—is the

The Tragedies of Oedipus Rex and Antigone In his book Poetics, Greek philosopher Aristotle defined tragedy as “the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language… in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” In order to be a tragedy according to Aristotle, there must be one issue of great importance being dealt with and the

New York: Norton, 2012. 222-229, 332-622. Print. Puchner, Martin, gen. ed. “Oedipus the King.” The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Vol. 1. New York: Norton, 2012. 701-747. Print. In both The Odyssey and in Oedipus the King the Gods interfere in the main characters, Odysseus’ and Oedipus’, lives. Each story has a different outcome, the main characters being affected by the gods in different ways. But when comparing the two stories it becomes apparent that the Gods’ actions are more detrimental

Australopithecine or Australopith, is an informal term used, primarily, to describe all species in the, related, Australopithecus and Paranthropus genera (McHenry 2017). The clade does, however, also include; Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7–6 mya), Orrorin tugenensis (6 mya), Ardipithecus kadabba and Ardipithecus ramidus (5.8–4.4 mya), Kenyanthropus platyops (3.5–3.2 mya), and other human-like primates (McHenry 2017; Szpak 2017). The distribution of Australopithecines stretches across Africa, encompassing

show "The Fosters" was the tragic hero, my group and I have chosen. Oedipus and Callie both share the "not know who there parents are" trait. The only difference in Callie's situation was her being brought up in many different foster homes. Oedipus had only one set of parents who adopted him while he was younger and had stayed with them ever since. Growing up Callie thought she never had a purpose in life. In comparison with Oedipus, he never thought in such way. However, he did have a prophecy that

Heros in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Homer's Odyssey, and Tan's Joy Luck Club         In world literature, there are two types of archetypal protagonists, the mythic hero and the tragic hero. Mythic heroes, like Homer's Odysseus, represent the combination of superhuman virtues and human imperfections. These traits create a supernatural adventure with a realistic character. The mythic hero is favored by divine powers and eventually achieves a certain goal or completes a certain journey