Oedipus tyrannus

Oedipus Rex is a story that can be interpreted on many different levels of thinking. The ancient tale has existed for centuries and has been subjected to countless forms of analysis. What is it that makes Oedipus the King such a fascinating story? Is it the suspense of a developing mystery that captivates the audience? Or perhaps the wonderful feeling the readers get after vicariously experiencing the horror Oedipus feels? And if not that, could it be that the reader is intrigued at Sophocles' description

Oedipus as Scapegoat in Oedipus the King        The great psychologist-philosopher Carl Jung was briefly a student of Freud. Because Jung felt that Freud's approach to psychoanalysis was by far too narrow, he broke off from his teachings, and made significant contributions to mythological criticism. Jung's greatest contribution was his theory of archetypes. His proposal of archetypes argues that there is one original pattern or model of all things of the same type. According to Jung, beneath

The tale of Oedipus and his prophecy has intrigued not only the citizens of Greece in the ancient times, but also people all over the world for several generations. Most notable about the play was its peculiar structure, causing the audience to think analytically about the outcomes of Oedipus’ actions and how it compares with Aristotle’s beliefs. Another way that the people have examined the drama is by looking at the paradoxes (such as the confrontation of Tiresias and Oedipus), symbols (such as

Throughout Republic, Socrates discusses elements that comprise his ideal city. More specifically, in Republic X, Socrates examines the impact of poetry on his noble state. Coming from a negative standpoint, Socrates says that poetry is detrimental to the city for two reasons: one is that, “[poetry] arouses, nourishes, and strengthens this [inferior] part of the soul and so destroys the rational one…”, and the other, “an imitative poet puts a bad constitution in the soul of each individual by making

lives because fate always catches up with them. In the play, “Oedipus the King”, Sophocles presents to readers a psychological murder mystery. Oedipus, Sophocles main character, attempts to escape fate not from pride or desire, but from a divine ambition to live without committing horrifying crimes. Sophocles work reflects major details that incorporate a tragic flaw, a tragic fall, and tragic realization for the tragic hero, Oedipus. To begin with, tragic flaw is a literary device that can be

the role of the gods in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, and whether or not they are to blame for his tragic downfall. Oedipus the King begins with the audience gaining the knowledge that Thebes is in a state of disarray. This, according to the oracle of Delphi, is due to the fact that the previous king, Laius, has not been avenged, and that the only way Thebes will return to its previous glory is if the king’s murderer takes account for his actions (Sophocles). Oedipus, the noble and intellectual man

We will start off with the wonderful Oedipus Tyrannus. Within the story of Oedipus, prophecy plays the inevitable role of each character’s entire being. The fate of Oedipus was one that all readers cringed when discovering. But it was free will that allowed him to develop his own conclusion of reality. The obvious truths are the ignorance of truth, set right before the king and his wife. Oedipus practices his free will based off the prophecy that was revealed to him as a child, that he would kill

Oedipus the King, Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy, presents tragic flaw(s) as the cause of  the near-total destruction of the life of the protagonist. This essay examines that flaw. In his essay “Sophoclean Tragedy” Friedrich Nietzsche agrees that there is an “error” within the protagonist, but refrains from specifying exactly what it is: The most pathetic figure of the Greek theatre, the unfortunate Oedipus, Sophocles takes to be a noble man called to error and alienation in spite of

Oedipus Rex – Unrealistic or Realistic                Let’s explore the traces of realsim and its opposite in Sophocles’ tragedy, Oedipus Rex.   The first obvious question is: How can this drama possibly be considered realistic since it relies so heavily on predetermination and fate in the life of the protagonist, Oedipus? As Jocasta recounts to Oedipus:   An oracle Once came to Laius (I will not say 'Twas from the Delphic god himself, but from His ministers)

story of Oedipus is well known throughout the literary community. The story of a man fated to kill his father and bed his own mother, and his desperate attempts to outrun his fate. Inevitably, his fate comes to fruition, even after his many attempts to dodge it. The underlying theme throughout the play is inevitability. Li Bai follows the same underlying theme in his Old Poem #9, Zhuangzhou dreaming. Both pieces of work have the same theme, but deliver it differently. Sophocles story, Oedipus Tyrannus