Oedipus the King

through out the their stories are, Oedipus the King, as well as Dante’s story Inferno Canto . Both stories show a great depiction that portrays the effort of finding oneself. As Oedipus yearns to search for the truth about his family, what he discovers contradicts his whole life he has known as a lie. In Inferno as a dark road leads to a discovery of hell, to yet the road of heaven discovering the past through out. The protagonist Oedipus determination…

The final revelation of Oedipus Tyrannus is easily understood as a revelation of Oedipus’s actions as sins, and but such an understanding ignores the true nature of these actions and the larger choice given to Oedipus when they are revealed. The radical nature of Oedipus’s threefold deed, the killing of his father, the solving of the sphinx’s riddle, and the union with his mother, might make Oedipus a sinner, but it might also make him a god. The Thebans, however, are not prepared to take on the…

The story of Oedipus is a rather tragic story, in the legend, a prophet tells Oedipus that he will kill his father, marry his mother, and have children with her. So in spite of the prophet he pack his things and leaves his village. In his travels he comes across a traveling caravan, out of rage, he slaughters everyone in it. He presses farther in the desert. He later finds a city, he comes to the gate and finds there is a sphinx guarding the gate. The sphinx tell Oedipus she will only free…

The Consequences of Uncontrolled Emotions The plays Trifles by Susan Glaspell, Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller all illustrate how the lack of control of emotions not only cause the of ruining relationships, but can also cause self-harm or death and can cause the destruction of personal reputation. When reading these plays, the reader sees how detrimental negative emotions can be when it comes to the well-being of themselves and others that are in their…

society he was a part of as cruel, whether you were selfish or selfless, life, in general, was selfish because in the end those who were innocent met their demise by those who were responsible for their own. It was interesting that in both Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus men appear to be the most dominant sex while in Antigone the roles switch. Sophocles depicts Antigone as a rebel, a challenger to Creon's power, one who fights for what she believes in and dies to try to fulfill that belief.…

Oedipus had been abandoned as a child for fear of a prophecy that the son would kill the father. The prophecy came true. As a consequence, Oedipus became king and he slept with the Queen who happened to be, unknowingly, his mother. The story of incest and tyranny scandalized the audience. The play explored the deepest taboo within…

Anna Cagle In the Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles around 400 BC, Creon, Oedipus’ brother in law, gave a speech that illustrated his reluctant attitude towards Oedipus’ assumptions of his intention to be King. Before Creon’s speech, Oedipus had sent him to receive an oracle that would reveal Oedipus’ fate. When Creon shared that the oracle told him Oedipus would kill his father and sleep with his mother, Oedipus was furious and believed Creon and Tiresias were plotting against…

righteousness or virtue and he is not perceived are wicked or evil. An example of a tragic hero is Oedipus, a man of good fortune and impressive reputation. The play about King Oedipus is a story of a royal king who was once ignorant but later gained knowledge which leads to his misfortune. Oedipus is a Tragic Hero…

of Sophocles, “Oedipus the King,” director Don Taylor masterfully interprets and condenses Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Not only is the acting superb, but the symbolic costuming also creates a double meaning to the overall production. Taylor’s rendition both accepts and challenges the Greek drama’s traditional production guidelines, thereby provoking the emergence of historical criticism and irony. As for the overall quality of this production, Taylor’s “Oedipus the King” is wonderfully…

After he becomes king, a plague strikes the city and Oedipus must figure out how to rid the city of it. After hearing from the Oracle that he must kill the murderer of the previous king, he decides to attempt to catch the murderer. He makes this action not for the people of Thebes but for himself, as he believes that whoever killed the previous king may “with the same hand wish to do vengeance upon me/And so assisting Laius I aid myself.”(141-142) Oedipus places his own life above that…