Oedipus the King

The Kite Runner and Oedipus Rex are both stories with a distinct theme and major plot twists. The Kite Runner is about a kid named Amir who grows up with this incredible guilt of what he had witnessed happening to his best friend, Hassan, who he would later find out is his half brother. Because Hassan died years later, Amir felt it was his responsibility to find his kid, Sohrab, and raise him as his own. Amir found where Sohrab was living and was flooded with emotions when he saw that he was…

The story of Oedipus, as presented in Oedipus the King, was the original outline for Aristotle’s criteria of a tragic hero. While Oedipus meets the criteria to become the tragic hero of his own story, in the play Antigone the hero is not so clearly defined. The two contenders for tragic hero in Antigone are Creon, king of Thebes, and Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, former king of Thebes. While both of these characters meet several of the characteristics of the tragic hero, neither completely…

characters in Oedipus The King. The fate in the play is Oedipus getting saved after being left to die to escape his destiny, Oedipus meeting and killing his father, unknowingly, and him marrying his own mother. “With my father’s blood upon me! Never to have been the man they call his mother’s husband! Oh accurst! Oh child of evil, to have entered that wretched bed. An example of free will in the play is when Oedipus stabs his eyes out with his wife/mother’s jewelry, “for the king ripped from…

Creon was once loyal and intelligent, but once he becomes the ruler, he rules people with fear. Teiresias warns that his arrogance as a King would result in the deaths of his family members. As Teiresias has different view from him, Creon questions Teiresias’s ability and accuses him of being greedy. Creon's’ pride prevents him from listening to anyone who comes between him and power. He believes he is superior to all people, especially to women. He does not realize the consequences of his…

reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. Tragedy like Julius Caesar (1599) by Shakespeare and the classical Athenian tragedy Oedipus the king (c. 429 BC) by Sophocles is among the supreme masterpieces of the art of drama. Tragedy A tragedy is a drama in which the principal characters are involved in desperate circumstances…

hold himself or herself above the people. He or she is able to put the interest of others in front of his or her own. In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, Oedipus is determined to find and punish the murderer of King Laius, stating, “...he will suffer no unbearable punishment, nothing worse than exile, totally unharmed” (171). When the Shepherd revealed the story of baby Oedipus, he realized that he was the one who murdered the…

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Though geography and era differ, the plotline of both plays are essentially brethren. Oedipus and Hamlet are both haunting, murderous, and incestuous tales of self-discovery and self-destruction. The parallel structure of the plays are evident within the main plots of both stories: both of the main characters are haunted by the past and afflicted by the past that has now come and poisoned the kingdoms. Oedipus and Hamlet both embark on a mission to avenge a murdered…

that locked up the woman and the tiger. The man thought how is this fair? I thought it was my decision, my fate. As the barbaric king saw that the man noticed, he also released the tiger. “No!”, The princess cried out.This arena was a lie. It was not the prisoner's choice but the crazy ing chose their fate. “It is okay, we have the power now.” The king calmly stated. The king killed the man and the princess cried while trying to hurt her father as the guards held her back. When the crowd…

The Lion King A seemingly innocent Disney movie that follows a lion cub through a journey of heartache, adventure, and acceptance of responsibility is actually a portrayal of the overcoming of Freud’s theoretical Oedipus Complex. Throughout the movie, The Lion King, the main character Simba has to deal with the guilt of thinking he killed his father. Simba’s uncle Scar encourages Simba to “run away and never return”(The Lion King). The finale is a fight between Scar and Simba to see who claims…

about a king who one day got a thought, he asked asked himself 3 questions. Which were “what is the right time to start something?”, “ which people should he listen to?” and “what is the most important thing for him to do?” So the king sent out a message throughout the whole kingdom, promising them money if they could answer the 3 questions. Many smart men came to visit the king to hopefully answer the questions correctly, every single one of them answered the question differently. The king…