Tiresias

In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles shows that fate is destined to happen and nothing can prevent it. Excessive pride causes Oedipus to defy fate unsuccessfully. His over confidence makes him pursue a truth that will lead him right to his downfall. Excessive pride is also the cause of a dark fate in the play Antigone. Creon makes laws to create a peaceful kingdom. Unfortunately, he becomes very stubborn and excessive pride begins infecting him. Creon’s decision to leave Polynices corpse unburied…

In Plato’s Apology, Socrates examines his own life by “discuss(ing) virtue every day” and “conversing and testing myself and others”. In this way, he gradually learns the fact that he does not know something. Realizing the impossibility of knowing everything, he becomes more calm and reasonable regarding to the process of pursuing knowledge. By interacting with various people, Socrates treats various people different but appropriately based on his observation and thoughts on their personalities.…

became king of Thebes. During his reign, as many of you are aware, a plague arose, which gradually destroyed the city. In an attempt to end the epidemic, Oedipus sent Creon, his brother in law, to talk to the oracle, Tiresias to learn how to stop the deadly disease. However, Tiresias said the only way to cease the plague was to discover who had murdered the previous king of Thebes. Oedipus became determined to capture the one who had murdered the king before him. He was warned several times to…

If it would not have been for Oedipus’ determination he would have never found out the truth and would have lived in ignorance thinking that he defied the gods and escaped his predetermined future. Oedipus forces Tiresias to come out and say, “I say you are the murderer you seek” (367). Jocasta begs him to stop by saying, “What’s there for man to fear? The realm of chance / prevails. True foresight isn’t possible. / His life is best who lives without a plan. / This…

Homer's famous epic, The Odyssey, was an amazing story to many people depicting Odysseus’s quest home from the trojan war and what happens on that quest. The story has a lot of symbolism and lessons that are filtered through Odysseus’s journey home. Odysseus shows to be an epic hero because he was given a quest, helped by a helpful companion and enters a supernatural world. Odysseus was also depicted as not being a hero in some parts of the story as well. Odysseus shows to be on a quest…

Delphi. Creon learns that to save the people living in the land, Oedipus must exile the man who killed the king before him, named Laius. While searching for the murderer, King Oedipus learns from a prophet named Tiresias, that it was himself that actually killed the late King Laius. Tiresias tells Oedipus, “There is a multitude of horrors which you do not even suspect. There is no man alive whose ruin is more pitiful than yours” (Roberts 1323). That starts the downward spiral of Oedipus finding…

The word ‘blind’ isn’t likely to be equated with an actual blind person in today’s world, more often is it used to represent a more abstract concept. Blindness has come to represent a great variety of things in literature, being used as a metaphor for everything from ignorance to supernatural powers. These views of blind people as being different have become engrained in our minds after many years of establishment through literature. Nevertheless the opinion held by many people who actually…

from the Oracle of Apollo that the only way to stop the deadly plague is to find the murderer of the old king Laius. Oedipus later discusses with the blind prophet Tiresias about who the murderer can be. With Tiresias resisting to tell him who exactly is the murderer of king Laius, Oedipus becomes frustrated and the end result of Tiresias telling Oedipus in outrage that, “You are the curse, the corruption of the land!” (Sophocles, 401) Throughout the journey of finding out who the murderer was,…

Homer described the female characters in The Odyssey differently compare to other epic poems. Before, the society were dominant by male and female’s roles were basically limited to only childbirth and household duties. The idea of the woman cannot accomplish anything without the help of man is common. Female characters in The Odyssey is rather distinctive. Female characters in The Odyssey are strong, influential and smart. In The Odyssey, women has the qualities that cannot be found on men. Men…

In the play: Oedipus Rex, the main character, Oedipus, has his fate determined before the play starts. His fate is read in an ancient prophecy: You’ll murder your father and marry your mother. When Oedipus was born, he sent to mountain top to die, but he was found. Once he was found by his adopted parents, Polybus and Merope, he kills the king of Thebes, Laïos. Laïos was Oedipus’ biological father. Oedipus did not know at the time of his action that Laïos was his real dad, Oedipus wanted to be…