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The character that I see as one who values their sacrifices is cordelia. She is a fictional character from the novel king lear. She chooses what matters the most in her eyes and mind. She did not let anyone else guide her decision. The example of her sacrifice is the moment she chose to speak out for her father. She refused to compliment her love to its full potential. She knew what she valued the most and that made her decision full of meaning. Her father asked her and her two sisters to…

Edmund is perhaps the most conniving and clever character in Shakespeare’s King Lear. Armed with the belief that the natural world is injustice, Edmund sets out to bring down the natural order and replace it with his own immorality, which he does not truly realize. In his plot to become the next heir and possible ruler of the kingdom, Edmund puts himself into a complex situation where he has professed love for both sisters, but also has commitments to his mission of eliminating Lear and Cordelia…

fracturing of the kingdom into three and it’s poor state help Goneril and Regan to further paint a façade that Lear is easily misled by. Therefore, the craftiness and desire for power from both Goneril and Regan are clearly shown when they both shower King Lear with praises. Goneril goes first and says, “Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter” (1.1.55). It is interesting when Goneril addresses her father as sir, as it shows a divide between Lear and his daughters; similarly, Regan…

Thebes and citizens gathered outside of his palace asking him to take action. Oedipus’s brother-in-law Creon had already been sent to the oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city. Cereon returns with the news that when the murderer of the former king of Thebes Laius was caught and exiled, the plague would end. Tiresias, a blind prophet, knew information as to the whereabouts and history of the murder. Tiresias would not respond because the truth would bring nothing but pain. Oedipus curses…

In the play, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, Jocasta’s , Oedipus’ mother, past events from leaving Oedipus, The King of Thebes, to die with the Shepherd, of Laius, affected her present activities, personally and negatively because she commits a sin through her marriage with her son, has children with him, and her attempts to avoid the prophecy. Considering that Sophocles purposefully made the tone tragic, it enhances the emotional aspects from…

another prominent figure, Martin Luther King, Jr., is jailed for civil disobedience in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. When questioned of their imprisonment, Plato and King, Jr. are both determined to maintain justice despite the injustices charged against them, but for Plato, justice means upholding the law at all costs since one should do no wrong, whereas King is concerned with reforming the law, therefore doing wrong could make a “right”. To both King and Socrates, a portion of injustice in…

Oedipus The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles Antigone displays the symbolic representation of blindness throughout the play as the ignorance of Oedipus foreshadows external blindness as his fate. His actions lead him into carrying out a self-fulfilling prophecy. By remaining unaware and ignorant to the various situations and coincidences that mark his destiny, Oedipus became blind to the truth which ultimately brings forth his literal blindness. Teiresias who Oedipus sent to Apollo,…

Greek play writer, Sophocles, in his play, Oedipus the King, teaches how having too much pride can lead to a tragic fate. Sophocles’ purpose is to teach the reader that being blind to the gods’ power and having too much pride will lead to a terrible demise. Sophocles adopts a solemn tone in order to show the reader how the consequences of being blind to the prophecies of the gods will lead to a horrendous fate. Throughout the play the theme of sight is common and shows how Oedipus has great…

Name : Indah Arti Fisilla Class : 6A Exploring Drama The Betrayal of Edmund The character of Edmund in king Lear play known as a second child who is illegitimate to Gloucester. Edmund has one elder brother from different mother who called Edgar. He is obsessed with wealth and power. His intention to get the power as an earl in his own right needs him to inherit all the wealth and power from his father, Gloucester. In purpose to make his father feels that Edmund worth to get the inheritance,…

In Oedipus the King, Sophocles emphasizes the eyesight of all of the characters; he draws the readers to consider both the literal ability of sight and sight of the truth. While enraged, Oedipus insults the blind prophet Teiresias, saying, "[Truth] has no strength for you because you are blind in mind and ears as well as your eyes" (370-372). Later, it becomes clear that Oedipus himself has been the blind one, in all senses. This focus on eyesight leads us to wonder why Oedipus thought blinding…