Riddle

Outline I. Introduction with thesis a. The fall of a prideful king to a humbled man II. Summary of the story including plot and climax a. Plot – Oedipus discovers that he has fulfilled the prophecy b. Climax – when he is convinced of his guilt and Jocasta hanged herself III. Character description including critiques from outside sources IV. Relationship with other characters in the story V. Apollos writings and how they relate VI. Conclusion Beard 1 Tiffani Beard N. Risch…

head of a woman’s body of animal called a sphinx. This beast walks to and fro seeking and hoping no one will solve the riddle. Those who want to spin the wheel to solve the riddle can. If they get it wrong death to their soul. The only way to get rid the plague is to answer the riddle. Some people are good at riddles and some aren’t. But Oedipus was a genius. Oedipus answered the riddle and the beast was destroyed that held the city in chaos. Oedipus was the greatest, lord of all to those in the…

Oedipus as king. Oedipus begins to talk about how wonderful he is for “saving” Thebes from the sphinx and how dumb Teiresias is because he is supposed to know all, but did not know the answer to the riddle. Oedipus explains to him, “But I came, Oedipus, who knew nothing, and I stopped her. I solved the riddle by my own wit alone” (460-464). Sophocles makes Oedipus very selfish to emphasize the fact that he believes he is so great and it would be impossible for him to do anything wrong, this…

In the Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus is the king of Thebes and he is well known as a person who solves the most famous riddle from sphinx that answers are a human. In the play, Oedipus is a compelling character that is usually considered to be a good and have stronger ego and power than others. The play begins with the plague in the city of Thebes. Oedipus starts to solve the problem to get a prophecy from Apollo at city of Delphi. From the prophecy, he hears that he needs to find the…

The evil of the plague brought upon by the good of Oedipus’ solution to the riddle provides no clear insight as to whether or not the eventual effects fall under the category of good or evil, and the inconsistencies between the perspectives of all the characters prove that the two ideas can be varied based on differing opinions…

downfall, he is the major person responsible for his ruin. Oedipus is responsible for his own downfall because of his ability to solve riddles. He was the one that saved the city of Thebes from the Sphinx by answering the puzzle. If he had never answer the riddle he would not have been named the King of Thebes. Tiresias says to Oedipus that his ability to solve riddles was his own ruin. In this case he would not have sleep with his mother. However, he has already killed his own father,…

some obstacles. In order to gain their powers and status, Oedipus and Othello both had to overcome obstacles. Oedipus had to solve the riddle of the Sphinx to free the people of Thebes from the curse bestowed upon them…

When you first read it you may seem to think why would a little hobbit want to go an adventure? In the first part of the book you see bilbo baggins. He is a race called the Hobbits. Now you may think what is a hobbit? A hobbit is a race of short plump little people. The are half the size of a human, they enjoy food and drink. At first you think why would a hobbit be a main character? Well you're about to find out. One afternoon and old wise wizard arrives at Bilbo’s house. The little hobbit…

In the book, The Hobbit, the main character known as Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit with two sides to his personality. One is his tookish side, but he tends to be more on his hobbit side. The tookish side of him is the one who mostly like to explore and see things from other places that he had never been before no matter the danger it might be. Although, the hobbit side may be more of him, the tookish side will be there when danger is near. As people continue to read this book, they see more and more…

they are led by Gandalf’s voice out of the cave. After, he falls unconsciousness on his way out of the cave, he meets a creature named Gollum who also wants to eat him. He points a sword to get him off and then they make a deal on riddles. If Bilbo can do these riddle he can leave, if he cannot then he gets…