Tiresias

temperament, I will say that they both had pretty bad tempers in their own way. How they acted on their temperament would be totally different. For example on page 276 beginning on line 380 Oedipus starts losing his temper saying to Tiresias “You, you scum of the earth” then Tiresias calls him out on his anger and finally breaks saying Oedipus is the murderer that he has been searching for. Oedipus really doesn't do anything to harm…

Oedipus the King is a well-known ancient Greek play that is to this day still studied and analyzed by the best of actors, directors, and readers. It is written by Sophocles, a poet and playwright in the 400s B.C. Using many themes like love, determination, freedom, free will, fate, and more, Sophocles’s writings touch the readers and listeners, and always leave them with something to think about. This play was probably an interesting one to watch, to say the least, as it was both thoughtful and…

In my opinion, I find Oedipus extremely arrogant. Oedipus called Teiresias a liar and even accused him of working with someone who sought Oedipus to become an exile. Oedipus says “for I did not seek it out, Creon, my old trusted family friend, has secretly conspired to overthrow me and paid off a double-dealing quack like this…”. Though he has known Creon as an honest man and perhaps a friend-like figure he accuses him of betraying him. He does so publicly. He disregards Teiresias' special…

This is a common mistake most tragic heroes and people in today’s society make. Oedipus exemplifies this when he accuses Tiresias of killing Laius, “If you weren’t blind, I’d say that you alone struck him down” (23). Oedipus’s ego is making him believe he did not kill Laius and is trying to deflect the blame onto others like Tiresias and Creon. This only hurts him because he is hiding from the awful truth longer. There are great examples of psychological denial in society…

of the dead. “But look, the ghost of my mother came! My mother, dead and gone now…” (11.94). This event is the “abyss” of Odysseus’s hero’s journey. Although Odysseus is in agony, he does what he has to do first, which is to Tiresias and that is a good decision because Tiresias gives him advice, telling him to control their wild desire and his own desires (11.119). This is good advice for Odysseus because in a previous trip to Ithaca, his crew opens a bag of wind and their ship blows away right…

In “The Sophoclean Hero and Aristotle,” Aristotle states that the tragic hero is always subjected to “hamartia” or a tragic flaws. According to Aristotle in the Sophoclean Hero and Aristotle's, “...Hamartia... ‘to miss the mark" (as in archery), ‘to fail in one's purpose’, ‘to make a mistake’...”and Pentheus and Oedipus mistake is that they are too proud of themselves. In Oedipus Rex By Sophocles and The Bacchae by Euripides, Oedipus and and Pentheus respectively have excessive pride…

Yet Creon continues to enforce his law and in doing so makes in irreversible mistake: refusing to consider the advice of others. Creon’s son Haemon and the prophet Tiresias also advice Creon to reverse his law, but due to Creon’s arrogance and rash judgement, he accuses both of having ulterior motives (Sophocles 804, 827-828, 1123, 1147-1148). After Teiresias becomes angered by Creon’s disregard for his advice, he tells…

In the Sophocles’ plays of Antigone and Oedipus the King, power plays a central role. In Antigone the power and corruption of King Creon dominate the play. Likewise, in Oedipus the King. Oedipus was also corrupted by power during his kingship. Both these kings were tyrannical, specifically when others would disagree with him or disobey their orders. In these Sophocles plays power inevitably corrupts leaders, as seen in both Antigone and Oedipus the King. The tyrannical nature of Creon during…

Stephen Ofori Tuffuor WCU ID: 874618 Professor Ayan Gangopadhyay January 27th 2016 Week Two Journal Entry January 27th, today we began reading the classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. This story really has an interesting plot; it unfolds as Oedipus becomes king of Thebes, a king whose hubris and hamartia makes him more ignorant and blind to the truth about his fate the gods had sealed for him. In this pagan and ancient tragedy, the city of Thebes is besieged with a plague, king…

Part 1: Odysseus Ordinary world: The Odyssey begins in Ithaca, King Odysseus’ home where he lives with his wife Penelope and newborn son Telemachus. Call to Adventure: Odysseus’ call to adventure begins with the Trojan War. When the Trojans attack the Greeks, Odysseus must travel to Troy to lead the armies in battle. Refusal of the call: Odysseus reacts pessimistically and has to make sure it is not a trick, but he answers the call! He is also hesitant since his first son Telemachus was just…