Oedipus the King

THESIS STATEMENT In Sophocles Oedipus the King, Oedipus’ downfall was a result of the sin of hubris, as he believed that he obtained attributes of divinity, which blinded him from the truth. PURPOSE STATEMENT Through evaluation and analysis of literary criticisms on Oedipus the King, it is shown that the reason for Oedipus’ downfall was his hubris and lack of divine attributes. INTRODUCTION Oedipus assumed he acquired the divine attributes making him further from the truth and nearer to his downfall

In the tragedy of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, a man pursues the truth of who he really is and uncovers some secrets about his past that he never knew. The citizens of Thebes begged Oedipus for help because of the plague. To help Oedipus sent Creon to oracle of Delphi to get help from opollo.Creon arrives back from Delphi and reports that the oracle said “final former kings mourner”. Oedipus starts to seek information about who killed Laius. He welcomes Tiresias to the palace but Tiresias regrets coming

Blinded By Ignorance In Sophocles play, Oedipus the King, the recurring theme of sight and blindness is portrayed as Oedipus goes on a pursuit to discover Laius’s murderer unveiling Teiresias knowledge of the truth, Creon’s honesty being ignored, and Oedipus' disregard of his fate. The blind prophet is summoned by the King to seek the truth, unaware of the fact that he is the murderer. Oedipus, nonetheless, ignores the prophecy and concludes that Creon paid Teiresias to say these revelations, “Wealth

responsible for all of one’s actions, in the nobility of self-sacrifice. Sophocles illustrates this moral best in Oedipus the King, written around 430 BCE. Overall, Oedipus the King produces the message that human greatness lies not with externals, but from within us through classic tragedy and exaggerated characteristics. Human greatness’ definition is integrated in Oedipus the King through classical

In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, the search for justice is a significant theme. Oedipus’ views on justice and the way he tries to carry them out shape the plot. His response to injustice leads to his own tragic fall from grace. Oedipus is strongly driven by the desire to right injustice. He sees this as helping and serving his people. When the plague devastates Thebes, he rushes to contact the priest at Delphi to bring an end to the city’s suffering. In fact, he acts even before the citizens

two plays in particular, Hamlet and Oedipus Rex. I will compare and contrast their protagonists’ quests for knowledge. The action in Oedipus Rex starts out with a horrible plague over the city of Thebes. Oedipus, the King of Thebes, tells his brother- in-law Creon to go to Apollo and ask the oracle how to end the plague. The oracle tells Creon that the plague will be lifted if the killer of Laius, the previous king and husband of Jocasta, can be found. Oedipus swears he will find the killer and

Sophocles’ famous Greek tragedy; “Oedipus The King” the character Oedipus was subject to many harsh and cruel occurrences throughout the play. As outsiders to the situation, the reader often had the chance to know things that the characters did not, and this allowed for a more tragic element to be placed on the story, as the reader is aware, but the character has no idea and therefore this allowed for a more sympathetic view of the ongoings of the play. Oedipus specifically is a victim of his own

The Role of Jocasta in Oedipus the King "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him."  (James 1:12)  Such is the proclamation in the Holy Bible, and so was the proclamation in ancient Greece. Since the founding of religion, the gods have sought to test those with power. Jocasta was sent by Apollo to do just that: to test Oedipus' - the king of Thebes - faith and conviction

Throughout Sophocles’ play, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus can be found innocent on multiple occasions for his wrongdoing in both killing his father and marrying his mother because he is a victim of ignorance. The scholar Vellacott writes of Oedipus’ guilt saying that “if he was to avoid heinous pollution, he must make for himself two unbreakable rules: never to kill an older man; and never to marry an older woman.” This is a false statement because he killed his father out of self defense and married his

Excess in Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex centers around a king’s attention of finding a murderer. Though Oedipus’ hasty decisions come back to bite him, his excess also haunts him. His bad choices of pressing for more information is shown in his conversations with Tiresias, Creon, and the Herdsman. He does not learn from any of these discussions, instead he continues to be rude. Oedipus needs Tiresias to tell him what he knows about the murderer of Laius. Right away Tiresias says, “Alas, how terrible is