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every challenge that waits upon one. Confidence overpowers cockiness. The cocky trait is heavily represented in the story “Oedipus the King” (c. 430 B.C.) by Sophocles. In the story, Oedipus the king of Thebes has the cocky trait and it results in torture for life. Oedipus’s arrogant personality shows throughout the story as he tries to find the killer of the former king of Thebes, his father. Oedipus tends to deem himself as a god throughout the story…

The Tragedy of King Lear has been a great source of cogitation over the many years since it was written by William Shakespeare. Such thinking may be at variance with or derive from a legion of other interpretations. In Act 2 Scene 4 we find Lear in ultimate dismay at the betrayal Regan and Cornwall have exhibited to him. Through their treatment of Kent, by putting him in the stocks, Lear takes personal offence claiming “Tis worse than murder.” Order v disorder is apparent within the positions…

past where they are not proud of and would like to forget about. The Lion King presents this idea. Pride Land of Africa is where the Lion King took place. There is only one lion that rules over all the other animals, King Mufasa. All the animals that live in Pride Land are called to Pride Rock, as light starts to break, Simba, a young lion prince was born. Scar plots with the hyenas to kill Mufasa and Simba, to make himself King. Simba leaves the kingdom in embarrassment. Simba was persuaded to…

The play Oedipus the King written by Sophocles deals with the urge to discover the truth, which in Oedipus’s case, is shrouded by blindness. Oedipus’ impulsive personality, combined with the fact that he is a human, allows him to have the compulsion to know the truth about who killed King Laius. Once Oedipus finds out who the murderer of King Laius is, the way in which he carries himself morphs from arrogant to sympathetic and self-aware. Furthermore, Oedipus causes himself to be physically…

We see King in a state of giving up his throne equally to his 3 daughters; Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. Before he hands it to them, he wants to see how much they love him, by them expressing their love. Cordelia is the only daughter that hesitates to speak for she can't express all of her love. She is banished for this, leaving all the land to the two oldest. King Lear starts to notice his mistake when the two girls start to become rude and corrupt. A sub story also taking place is King Lear's…

Oedipus the King was a hero to Thebes by getting rid of the Sphinx after answering a riddle correctly.However, he possessed an tragic flaw by always acting before thinking. Even though it was an “involuntary hamartia” and it could have been ignored if it were not for his arrogance and how impetuous he was (Innocence, 59, Gould). Even though Oedipus was a king, he was completely unaware of what the future held just like the rest of the people. However, Oedipus began his tragic life from…

to spectacle and music. The movie The Lion King came out in 1994; it is an animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The Lion King demonstrated Aristotle two principles: symbolism and theme. The movie, “The Lion King” begins with the symbol of the sun rising. The sun represents a never-deviating pattern of death and rebirth through its daily rising and setting, an eternal constant that embodies the Circle of Life ("Themes and Symbols in Lion King"). In the beginning, all the animals from…

teaches us that the prophecies of the gods are unavoidable and that there is no way to escape them. After learning about the prophecy that a son born of King Laius and Jocasta would end up killing the King, they decide to take matters into their own hands to prove the prophecy wrong. Jocasta tells Oedipus, “Before three days were out after his birth King Laius pierced his…

Shakespeare’s King Lear is one of the most identifiable works of tragedy, since its storyline is one in which the audience can visualize how great Lear’s downfall truly is. On the subject of this, Aristotle’s definition of a tragedy is “the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself” directly relating to the plot of King Lear. Being as it may, play writers have attempted to create their own film adaptations based on King Lear. While the film…

euphoria and in the process demonstrate the bold actions that mankind can reach. Two such movies that are archetypes of the adventure film genre are King Kong (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper and written by Edgar Wallace and the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) directed by Henry Levin and written by Charles Brackett. The movie King Kong gives the audience an insight into the disastrous events that can occur when we attempt to disturb mother nature and bring her offspring to…