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artworks and their ability to create this “emotional power.” The majority of their films include remarkable artwork from the plethora of musicals performed to the stunning visual imagery provided to enhance the overall message being portrayed. The Lion King is a story of loss and love, peace and war, as well as good and evil. The natural landscapes, the weather, and the overall condition and health of the land provide context clues and help foreshadow what is to come and emphasize the severity…

The story of two kings and one’s jealousy leads to the want of the other dead. He turns away from God. The people are warned what would happen if they were given a king to rule them. Saul was chosen to become king but the most the people rejected him from the start. After Saul’s sin, God anoints a new king to one day take his place, David. David will become the better king over Saul. After David’s reign, another king takes charge and divides the Israel due to his sin against God. God has plans…

The Efficacy of the 1957 film Oedipus Rex to Convey Sophocles’ Intended Meaning The William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play, Oedipus the King, directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie, is said to provide the most realistic viewing experience compared to what one would’ve witnessed in Sophocles’ day. The Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation successfully produces a piece that stays true to the genre of Greek drama and tragedy; the regal, yet, expressive, way in which the actors spoke, the…

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…

possessed an excessive amount of pride, which was necessary for upholding the position of a king, but caused him to believe that he could override his fate. Initially, pride was beneficial to Oedipus because it aided him in solving the riddle of the sphinx as his “pride lay in solving them,” (Burgess 35). From there, he saved Thebes from the Sphinx and assumed the position as King of Thebes.While ruling as king, there was a plague cast upon Thebes. Oedipus, as prideful as he was, believed that…

In the Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, the character Jocasta was the victim of the negative actions of others. In the play Jocasta was the widow to Laius, who was thought to have been murdered by a band of thieves. Little did she know that her late husband was murdered by her now husband Oedipus, who turned out to be her son. When she learned the truth she hung herself. Jocasta had little to do with what happened to her as it was the actions of the men her life that…

Goneril in the Slytherin House Would one believe that a Shakespearean character could be accepted into one of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry houses? King Lear is a play written by William Shakespeare and takes place in mid-evil times in Britain. Within the play King Lear, who is the present King of Britain, is deciding to step down from his power, and now his job is to divide his kingdom up, and give them to his daughters. The play unravels and shows the consequences of what…

Valley of the Kings: A Sacred Place of Mystery and Exploration Valley of the Kings, said to be the greatest treasure trove ever known, is the home of more than sixty-three tombs and chambers of pharaoh’s and other major royal figures. Built more than three and a half thousand years ago, it has been a concentrated area of archeological and egyptological exploration. It tells the story of not only the pharaohs and nobles laid to rest there, but also the craftsmen who designed, built, and painted…

doubt that Oedipus killed his father, but does that mean that he is guilty of the crime of murder? The tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles tells the riveting tale of King Oedipus of Thebes who discovered how little of his life he can control. A devastating plague comes to in Thebes leadings to an investigation into the murder of the previous King, Laϊos. The investigation reveals that Oedipus killed Laϊos without he knowledge that who he killed was Laϊos, his father. By doing so Oedipus fulfills…

Comparing the Flaws of Lear and Gloucester Those in positions of high Authority, are seen as strong, powerful, and independent individuals, however, this power can create a negative effect on the holder and lead to several disadvantages. In the play “King Lear” by William Shakespeare, the tragic flaws in the personalities of Lear and Gloucester lead to the loss of their authority as they place their trust in the hands of the wrong people. Shakespeare shows that those with a higher authority…