Tiresias

Divine mediation is the glue that holds together the morality of Antigone in Sophocles play of the same name, but the divine law of life is not as territorial as Creon’s man-made interventions. The central conflict of Antigone is between this moral divide of man or god and which one accounts for society. From the conflict analysis presented by Professor Francisco J. Gonzalez, Walter Kaufmann’s defense of the essential Greek tragedy in the case of Antigone provides a clearer perspective that both…

Fate: To Be or Not To Be People throughout history have always been interested in discovering what the future holds. Some even take a glimpse at their horoscope every morning in the newspaper to see what their fortune is for the day. This leads them to feel joy about what is to come, or try to escape the possibility of the worst case scenario. In Oedipus Rex, a large part of the play is focused on prophecies, where fate is inevitable. Oedipus had a hunger for the truth and was loyal to the…

ignore the truth and the feelings of guilt and shame. The prophecy which leads to the banishing of Oedipus by Laius and Oedipus running away from Corinth play a key role in fulfilling the central conflict of the play. The main conflict occurs when Tiresias informs Oedipus that he is responsible for the plague that has fallen over Thebes, to which Oedipus blatantly refuses at first. The conflict is resolved during the moment in which Oedipus realizes that contrary to his beliefs, he is the person…

Dionysus’s doctrine and that the prophet Tiresias supports Dionysus’s ascendancy to godhood, he scoffs at him saying “ It is he that says Dionysus is a god and was once sewn up in the thigh of Zeus-the child that was burnt up by the flaming thunderbolt along with his mother, because she falsely named Zeus her lover. Is it not enough to make a man hang himself in agony-this insolent effrontery, this mysterious stranger.”(323) He then goes on to blindly accuse Tiresias of spreading this…

his father and sleeps with his mother, as was prophesied. The main character exhibits several character flaws which impact his actions during the play. Oedipus reflects his hubris through his intelligence and arrogance, as seen in his treatment of Tiresias and his confidence in finding the murderer of Laius. His hubris harmfully affects his ties with his family and his community, as demonstrated by the deaths of his loved ones and the curse on the city, and the loss of his hubris teaches…

Sophocles, in his book “Antigone”, identities Creon as the tragic hero that falls due to his hubris: being prideful, stubborn, and arrogant. A tragic hero is one who is in or born into a high rank and later loses respect, power, or honor because of a tragic flaw that the hero had. Creon inherited the throne after fate took the lives of Polynices and Eteocles, Creon later makes a law that forbids anyone from buring the traitor Eteocles because he had killed his own people. He later sees himself…

underworld, and talk to a certain prophet named Tiresias. While searching, he sees the ghost of his mother, a woman he loved greatly. “Now came the soul of Anticlea, dead, my mother, daughter of Autolycus, dead now, though living still when I took ship for holy Troy. Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Tiresias.” (Homer 11. 60-65) Odysseus has so much determination to get to Tiresias that he pushes his deepest love and…

demise but rather as per the Greeks something much more unceasing. The character Tiresias whose expectation realizes the possible fitting internment of Polyneices was Portrayed as astute and man brimming with reason. Tiresias endeavors to caution Creon of his absurdity and lets him know the divine beings are irate. It was an incredible sin submitted by the ruler, yet at the same time the lord dismisses the notices of Tiresias. She realizes that in the event that she covered her sibling than the…

In a land where myths and legends abound, there is a blind man who sees everything and the one who sees is blinded, he cannot see the truth that lies in his reflection. Sophocles writes a great detective story in Oedipus Rex. Oedipus is a hero that turns to be a detective king, which turns into a tragic hero through hamartia. “Although hamartia is often translated as ‘tragic flaw,’ there is a debate among scholars as to the nature and scale of the error that causes a tragic hero’s downfall.…

Every one hundred seven seconds someone is sexually assaulted, (“Statistics” n. pag.). Every three seconds someone dies of hunger, (“Every Three Seconds.” n. pag,). Tragedy; it’s inevitable. In life, everyone is bound to experience a rough time. These rough times and flaws are what test a hero and build character. Experiencing hard times transforms an average person and his mistakes into something remarkable and heroic. What characteristics make him a hero rather than just an ordinary person? A…