Sophocles

In the plays of Sophocles, we see various form and displays of political power. It is shown in a variety of ways. In both plays we see very similar displays of political power. When you think of political power today it is very different to how it was viewed back in the time of Sophocles. Sophocles shows examples of political power in his plays and these examples have many connections to people or things. In King Oedipus, we see an arrogant and very mean king. He cares about what the people need

Sophocles’ Antigone is a play that deals with the nature of justice on multiple levels. But at its core, the play centers around the plight of the titular Antigone, as she attempts to find a proper burial for her brother Polyneices. However, Antigone’s mission directly contradicts the decree of the powerful Creon, who refuses to allow Polyneices this burial, even if such a stance goes against the will of the gods. Eventually, Creon responds to the ire of the gods and finally gives Polyneices an honorable

The hero must go through something terrible such as a relative’s death. We must feel what this character is feeling throughout the story. Aristotle also said that a tragic hero scan be defeated by a tragic flaw, such as hubris or human pride. In Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, both Creon and Antigone are tragic heroes. In the play, Creon and Antigone can be seen as good or bad characters. Both of them show traits of justice. Antigone wanted to save her brother, Polyneices, by giving him a soldier’s

undeniably. However the passages showed another immensely important theme, sight versus blindness, seen in the action of Oedipus in the climax of the story after learning a horrid truth about himself. In correlation to that, the imagery used by Sophocles in the process of Oedipus event strengthen the theme greatly, allowing the audience to receive a sense of the scene through the use of the massager’s words to the audience. Often in the story the theme of sight versus blindness is addressed,

Oedipus Rex Sophocles used many literary devices to get his main points across. Two main literary devices Sophocles uses would have to be dramatic irony and symbolism. Through Oedipus Rex sophocles uses a lot of literary devices, mainly dramatic irony. Throughout the play the audience knows what is going on. So a lot of the things oedipus says comes off as very ironic. What king oedipus finds out what he needs to do in order to release the curse from his city he states that he will do all things

Brad Moore, a famous athlete once said, “Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn’t taste so bad.” In Sophocles’ well known Greek tragedy, Antigone, the main character undergoes immense character development. Antigone transforms from being stubborn and underestimated to courageous and open-minded. In reality, it is Antigone’s insular persistence that leads to her ultimate decline in the play as well as others around her. After the death of her two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, Creon

In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone, war functions to emphasize the strength of love. Scenes that allude to the power of love only occur because Sophocles has set the play to be after a war. Sophocles depicts a war in which brothers spill each others blood on the battlefield. Though filial love is broken between the Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone’s love still remains for her two brothers. War highlights the shortcomings and tenacity of love through the deaths of Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone’s

are differences and similarities in characters, action, and themes between Antigone and Othello. First, the major characters in both of the plays are suffering through great pain and end up with death. The drama Antigone which is written by Sophocles, tells the story of Antigone. Antigone is a tragic heroine who doesn’t have the power to challenge the authority of the king; she has to obey the rules. However, she shows her strong will and voices her opinions

To Aristotle, Greek tragedies had a special purpose. In general, he considered poetry to be of higher importance than history, since poetry was able to convey complex ideas and philosophical thought as opposed to simply the retelling of events. For Aristotle, the most important function of tragedy is the feeling an audience gets after they see one of these plays. It is a cathartic experience that is meant to cleanse the audience of their own fears and doubts and ultimately uplifts them and attempts

In ancient Greece, the Gods decided how an individual’s destiny would turn out and once it was decided, the fate was set in stone. One’s fate is inevitable and can not be changed no matter what. This is clearly shown in Sophocles’s two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, where fate plays a major role. In his two plays, Oedipus’s fate was to kill his father and have children with his mother. This seemingly unfortunate and cruel fate, however, is not all bad. It has a good part to it. Oedipus’s