The Conflict of Great Kingship in Sophocles Play “Oedipus the King”
The righteousness and transgression of two great kings, Oedipus and the biblical character David both have similarities in their sudden rise to success as kings in their young age and their degradation at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false self-righteousness.
King Oedipus is the victim of a cruel sinful fate, which is inevitable for him to get away from as well as the great King David of ancient Israel, a leader that sovereign the people of God throughout the golden age in his time. King Oedipus sin was involved with the killing of his own father Laius the former King of Thebes; King Oedipus puts together a story about the former King Laius and in his version, he claims that King Laius on one of his travels, not as king in general with a huge number of noble escorts, but as an individual with only four his noble men as one of them was a herald. King Oedipus theorized that King Laius traveled in his chariot in an area where there was a unison of roads, while Laius came to encounter a band of thieves. The band of thieves slaughtered the King and everyone, except for the Shepard. Oedipus lies and completely provided a different form of the murder of King Laius his father instead of the truth concerning the crime of the Former King. The actual version is that Oedipus was around the same occurrence in his false proclamations and he himself stumbled amongst the King and his noble party. Their negligent criticisms and over bearing behavior engulf Oedipus with rage and killed them all. The Biblical Character King David was also a victim of a sinful fate for the killing of a Hittite soldier named Uriah the former husband of King David’s wife Bathsheba. King David had taken upon himself send Uriah to meet with one of his commanding officer with a letter By King David ordering Uriah to fight within the front lines of battle in their current war where he was killed instantly by enemy soldiers in the works of King David’s ruthlessness and jealousy. King Oedipus never took the right precautions as a righteous ruler for the safety for his kingdom from the dark plague that hangs over them. This type of inconsiderate sinful action that King Oedipus Brought upon his people was his actions of immorality, this was established by the gods that he would commit something abnormal and blasphemous that King Oedipus had relations with his own birth mother. Oedipus chose to neglect the prophecy and continue to love his own mother and birth children with Jocasta, shaming the eyes of the gods. King David also commit adultery as of King Oedipus had with his mother Jocasta; King David made relations with …show more content…
And King Oedipus as a young man, he saved his kingdom of Thebes by solving complex riddles of the Sphinx and destroying the monster and its wrath. Oedipus and the biblical character David both similar in every aspect during their sudden rise to success as kings in their young ages and their degradations at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false
The righteousness and transgression of two great kings, Oedipus and the biblical character David both have similarities in their sudden rise to success as kings in their young age and their degradation at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false self-righteousness.
King Oedipus is the victim of a cruel sinful fate, which is inevitable for him to get away from as well as the great King David of ancient Israel, a leader that sovereign the people of God throughout the golden age in his time. King Oedipus sin was involved with the killing of his own father Laius the former King of Thebes; King Oedipus puts together a story about the former King Laius and in his version, he claims that King Laius on one of his travels, not as king in general with a huge number of noble escorts, but as an individual with only four his noble men as one of them was a herald. King Oedipus theorized that King Laius traveled in his chariot in an area where there was a unison of roads, while Laius came to encounter a band of thieves. The band of thieves slaughtered the King and everyone, except for the Shepard. Oedipus lies and completely provided a different form of the murder of King Laius his father instead of the truth concerning the crime of the Former King. The actual version is that Oedipus was around the same occurrence in his false proclamations and he himself stumbled amongst the King and his noble party. Their negligent criticisms and over bearing behavior engulf Oedipus with rage and killed them all. The Biblical Character King David was also a victim of a sinful fate for the killing of a Hittite soldier named Uriah the former husband of King David’s wife Bathsheba. King David had taken upon himself send Uriah to meet with one of his commanding officer with a letter By King David ordering Uriah to fight within the front lines of battle in their current war where he was killed instantly by enemy soldiers in the works of King David’s ruthlessness and jealousy. King Oedipus never took the right precautions as a righteous ruler for the safety for his kingdom from the dark plague that hangs over them. This type of inconsiderate sinful action that King Oedipus Brought upon his people was his actions of immorality, this was established by the gods that he would commit something abnormal and blasphemous that King Oedipus had relations with his own birth mother. Oedipus chose to neglect the prophecy and continue to love his own mother and birth children with Jocasta, shaming the eyes of the gods. King David also commit adultery as of King Oedipus had with his mother Jocasta; King David made relations with …show more content…
And King Oedipus as a young man, he saved his kingdom of Thebes by solving complex riddles of the Sphinx and destroying the monster and its wrath. Oedipus and the biblical character David both similar in every aspect during their sudden rise to success as kings in their young ages and their degradations at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false