Similarities Between Oedipus And Adonis

Have you ever been in love with someone or wanted to get something so bad that, not matter how difficult it is, you still go after it? Despite the fact that “Oedipus The King” written by Sophocles, Ancient Greece, and “Venus and Adonis” written by Ovid, Greek mythology are two different stories, with two different individuals, Oedipus and Venus, are both driven by their desire and desperation to get what they want. Often, characters in literature show off the relationship between power and personality and this is exactly what stands out in these two plays.
In both texts “Oedipus The King” and “Venus and Adonis”, we see the main characters, which are Oedipus and Venus, have something in common, “power”. In the case of Oedipus, which is the king …show more content…
If we take a closer look at the texts and the choice of words, we can see that both of them, as I mentioned before, are in a position of power in their status and also, they are both trying to get or take possession of something or someone, like in Venus’ case. Venus, which is supposed to be the strong goddess of love, and yet she falls wildy in love with Adonis, also called “the beauty”, born from an incest intercourse between Myrrha and her father, Theias. This newborn baby is something out of this world, for his beauty and the way he comes to life. Some ancient texts say that she falls in love with him because of the Eros’ arrows effect. The play becomes more and more exciting when Adonis turns out to be a young beautiful boy and Venus becomes “the guardian” of him, making sure nothing bad happens to the guy. Adonis reveals himself such a huge hunter, he believes is the best in the world and nothing can stop him. On the other hand, we have Oedipus, “the King”, which has a fundamental role in the play and not just because he is the King of Thebes, which makes him very powerful, but because he’s desperate to find out what happened to to his father. His father, Laius, was killed when he was young and up to date he doesn’t know who the killer was. So, one day, during the time that the city was under the plague, he decides to send Creon to the …show more content…
When we look at Oedipus, we see a King trying to save his city from a plague, because he is the King and that is what a King does. He shows his people determination and no fears when it comes to solve problems, regardless what the problem may be. It is interesting from a reader prospective see how the bad news that Creon shared with him, affects him. Oedipus is so committed to his role as a King that sometimes he forgets stuff that happened in the past, and this is the part when it all comes down like a puzzle missing pieces, and this quote sums up his state of mind which is confused; “I hereby outlaw the killer myself, by my own words, though I’m a stranger both to the crime and to accounts of it”. As matter of fact, the plague that is tormenting the city of Thebes is Oedipus himself. He was young, it was probably anger that led him unknowingly kill his father, Laius. The killing of his father is an essential part in Oedipus character and personality. In the mean time, on the other side of the book we have Venus which is trying to do the opposite of Oedipus. Venus with her power is trying to prevent something bad from happening, which in her case would be save Adonis form death. She tries throughout the play to warn him and make sure that in her absence other characters take care of him and remind him what Venus says. Venus warned him many times, because she