Jocasta

John Lennon once said, “There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.” Nowhere does this quote ring more true or more tragically than in Sophocles’s play Oedipus Rex. Doomed by a prophesy before birth proclaiming that he will kill his father and marry his mother, the tragic hero Oedipus does everything he can to avoid his fate. However, following in the tradition of Sophoclean Tragedies, Oedipus is helpless against his fate. Oedipus Rex follows the story of how Oedipus comes…

Just like Little Red Riding Hood and The Rite of Spring, the red fabric represents Aya’s identity in our devised piece. At the start of the performance, the red fabric was worn as if it was a hijab, implying that the red fabric was Aya’s identity. Her identity and her nationality are what bring her the menacing fate, shown through the versatile use of the fabric. It was served to display a flag, bloody sky, bloody road, and clothing, etc. It was also used as a jail. When Aya talked about the…

Having a lot of pride could be blinding, and it recurrently contributes to an otiose outcome. Individuals put pride into little things accordingly from their judgement for no reason, and get hung up on the values they feel they achieve from them. When these values are proven faulty, they lash out into a demise. Having too much pride can take over one’s mentality and overthink ideas that are meant to be kept simple. In situations like this, a person can be destructive and affect people surrounded…

In Section I of “On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex,” E. R. Dodds refutes the moralizing interpretation of Aristotle 's hamartia. Dodds started by dispelling the scholars, Victorian Critics misconception about Aristotle 's hamartia. In his first paragraph, Dodds from the 13th chapter of the poetics, has made clear of Aristotle 's interpretation. Aristotle believes that Oedipus falls into misfortune because of some serious αμαρτία [hamartia].According to Victorian critics, Oedipus misfortune was…

Tiresias a blind prophet conferred with the power of having knowledge about the foresightedness, who with this capacity had privilege to tell people about their past events, future calamities and fatal occurrences and even unknown on goings of present. In the dark and gloomy days Thebes was going through the most helpless condition by which no single being was able to redemption of people from disastrous epidemic in the aspect of Black Death which was grave depriving in human history, resulted…

Several centuries ago, Greek, Roman, and Aristotelian works of art took center stage of being the most popular. This art could come in several forms from plays to poetics. Some of the most famous early works were epic poems such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, or Oedipus Rex. These pieces of work are very similar in all sorts of ways. Oedipus Rex describes a tragedy of mistakes and unknown identities. When Oedipus tries save his land by clearing his people of a plague, he accidently walks into his…

The facial expressions of the figures in this painting are major focal point. The sharp eyes and the static composition as well as the positioning of the Bodhidarma gives an atmosphere of tension to the scene. The expression on Huike’s face shows the figure to be seeking forgiveness or even guidance. As mentioned previously, Sesshu Toyo was raised in adverse conditions, but never rejected Buddhism. The violent conditions of his earlier life actually pushed him to pursue enlightenment…

The book, “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” was written by Mark Haddon, and is set in 1998. It is about a boy named Christopher who tries to solve the murder of his neighbor’s dog. During the case he encounters everyday problems that he must face, and over the time, Christopher learns many lessons about human nature, life, and himself. These lessons include items such as how humans overreact and help others in need, how he felt fear and cared for his A level math, and how life…

Paris, also known as Alexandros, was born to Hecuba and Priam. His mother had a dream regarding his birth, that he was a flaming torch. Paris’s sister, Cassandra, told her parents that she had a dream of Paris ruining the city and bringing destruction to Troy. As a result, Hecuba wanted to kill him, so she sent him into the wilderness to die. However, he was found in the wilderness by a shepherd, who raised him As Paris grew older, he married Oenone. One of his dad’s servants took one of…

In the book Legend by Marie lu is about a boy and girl called Day and June, Day is a kid with lots of street smarts and scored a 1500/1500 but the government said that he scored a 675/1500. Day and June are later best friends in the story. Day lives in one of the poor sectors were the plague is a common issue. While the people in the first class, like June is living in a beautiful apartment spending life swimming in money. Days brother is infected with the plague Day has to get a vaccine before…