What is the “problem” of the story of Oedipus, and how is it resolved?
Thebes has suffered an unknowable plague, so many citizens are passed away.
For this reason, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, sent Creon, his brother in law, to the Delphi to get oracle about the plague. Creon comes back to Thebes with the oracle that the plague occurs since the murder of Laius, prior king of Thebes before Oedipus is in Thebes. Therefore, plague will be disappeared when the murder is disappeared in Thebes. Creon says that Thieves killed Laius when he was heading to get an oracle. However, Thebes did not make an effort to find the criminals due to the curse of the Sphinx. Thus, Oedipus proclaims that he will solve the plague in Thebes, and he notices all …show more content…
They discover the grove of the Eumenides, the goddesses of fate. And they meet Ismene, Oedipus’ second daughter. Ismene brings the news that Oedipus’ two sons has a confliction for the throne of Thebes. This is the problem in Oedipus’s family that the fate of them is killing to each other. Furthermore, Thebans wants to bring Oedipus into Thebes because of the oracle that Oedipus’s burial place will be blessed. However, he does not want to return to Thebes, and he just want to rest from the world in which a substantial number of plight, pain, conflict, and so on. He recognizes that he cannot avoid his fate, which the gods give during his life in the world, which leads him to be humble toward his life. Thus, he accepts his fate and grasps how he can escape from his fate. This goes back to where he comes from as the deceased in the world, which means the journey of soul.
How is the solution of Sophocles complicated by Euripides ‘Medea and Hippolytus?’ [Compare and contrast the role of the gods in each play. On what do they base their actions, and what claim to justice and divine support have the main human
Thebes has suffered an unknowable plague, so many citizens are passed away.
For this reason, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, sent Creon, his brother in law, to the Delphi to get oracle about the plague. Creon comes back to Thebes with the oracle that the plague occurs since the murder of Laius, prior king of Thebes before Oedipus is in Thebes. Therefore, plague will be disappeared when the murder is disappeared in Thebes. Creon says that Thieves killed Laius when he was heading to get an oracle. However, Thebes did not make an effort to find the criminals due to the curse of the Sphinx. Thus, Oedipus proclaims that he will solve the plague in Thebes, and he notices all …show more content…
They discover the grove of the Eumenides, the goddesses of fate. And they meet Ismene, Oedipus’ second daughter. Ismene brings the news that Oedipus’ two sons has a confliction for the throne of Thebes. This is the problem in Oedipus’s family that the fate of them is killing to each other. Furthermore, Thebans wants to bring Oedipus into Thebes because of the oracle that Oedipus’s burial place will be blessed. However, he does not want to return to Thebes, and he just want to rest from the world in which a substantial number of plight, pain, conflict, and so on. He recognizes that he cannot avoid his fate, which the gods give during his life in the world, which leads him to be humble toward his life. Thus, he accepts his fate and grasps how he can escape from his fate. This goes back to where he comes from as the deceased in the world, which means the journey of soul.
How is the solution of Sophocles complicated by Euripides ‘Medea and Hippolytus?’ [Compare and contrast the role of the gods in each play. On what do they base their actions, and what claim to justice and divine support have the main human