The Kings

from an incestuous relationship between King Arthur and Morgan Le Fay. Since he was born from such an embarrassing relationship, King Arthur wanted nothing to do with Mordred and made no attempt at a relationship with Mordred. Arthur would eventually try to kill all babies that were born in May due to a prophecy he received from Merlin, but his attempt at changing the future failed because Mordred survived. Mordred would grow to harbor hate in his heart for King Arthur and wanted nothing but revenge

evolved into several modern theatrical productions and movies. Although not written as part of a trilogy, Sophocles’ three interconnected plays focus on the same dysfunctional family: Antigone, Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) and Oedipus at Colonus. His second play Oedipus the King continues to awe the audiences today as much as it entertained Sophocles’ audience. There existed then and now a fascination with this defected group of individuals that others still seek to transform and capture with their

In Sophocles’ Oedipus The King, Oedipus is shown as a confident man of dignified origin who inevitably meets a catastrophic end. Oedipus is a tragic hero because of his strong traits of confidence, as well as, virtuous intentions, his tragic downfall due to on his own flaws, and lastly his self-inflicted severe suffering and punishment. When Oedipus realizes the truth about his past he suffers the harsh reality of his condemned future. When first introduced in the opening scene of the play, Oedipus

becomes fast to temper in arguments on what should be done, he begins to focus on the current state and doesn’t take into account on what may lie ahead, but he can’t seem to try and choose what is best. In the Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Rex, a great leader, King Oedipus struggles to choose what is best and remain rational so he can be true to his people. Oedipus, attempting to out due his fate set upon him by the gods makes decisions to sometimes help himself over his people showing him to be ineffective

In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, the main character, Oedipus is given the task to stop a plague that is taking over the city of Thebes. At the time, Oedipus was not aware that this task would reveal many secrets, many of which would leave without anything or anyone. In the article “Aristotle’s Ideas About Tragedy” he explains all the necessary components for a tragedy. This play has many of the characteristics that Aristotle thought categorized a story or play as a tragedy. Oedipus’ tragic

Morte d’Arthur, King Arthur the Great was in fact a great man put in an even greater trial. This story was written by Sir Thomas Malory, and it tells the story of King Author’s epic fall from the throne which ends in his death. Though King Arthur never faltered from being a good man, he did falter from being a good king. King Arthur was in a situation nobody ever hopes to be in. However, in this time of tribulation, King Arthur didn’t act as a good king. First, from the first page, King Arthur is using

The King of Horror Stephen King is known to the world as the king of horror. His books and short stories have caused fear in millions of people around the world. His use of literary elements, vivid writing techniques, and the exploitation of people’s primal fear all contribute to his success as the world’s greatest horror writing. One of the ways that Stephen King produces fear in readers is by using many different literary elements. In many of his books, he uses the element of the

In the play King Lear Shakespeare puts emphasis on the ignorance of both King Lear and Gloucester by revealing their personalities in similar ways. This allows the reader to better understand the characters as well as give a point of reflection for both characters. Throughout the play, Shakespeare develops King Lear and Gloucester into parallel characters by creating similarities in their relationship with their children, their blindness, in both a literal and figurative sense and their doomed fate

While reading The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck and The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell, I noticed that there are both differences and similarities between the legends told in the novels. Before reading these novels I had barely any background knowledge of any King Arthur legends so I was learning new things as I read. The two novels portray both things that Arthur did and the characters he was involved with very differently. Even though there were some similarities

Lear and Oedipus both possess a high sense of nobility and goodness, which are very important characteristics to have in a king. In the first act, King Lear wants to divide his kingdom in three amongst his daughters. He says: “We have this hour a constant will to publish/ Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife/May be prevented now.” (Shakespeare, 1.1.46-48) He wants to provide for his daughters as well as avoid any future conflict that could happen between them. Although he meant well