Tiresias

without a license and ends up in jail. Both Odysseus and Everett hear the same news that their families are going to forget them and so they are willing to go home so they are not alone forever. These two go home for their families. Odysseus meets Tiresias a blind man from the underworld and Everett meets a blind man as well. In the text, the blind men reveal what the future looks like.…

Although there have been new variations of play writing over the centuries, there’s no denying that great writers, like Sophocles, paved the way for theatre as a whole. More specifically, he creates stories that reflect upon the principles of Greek Society. Antigone is one of Sophocles’ most famous plays and can be considered the ideal tragedy in theatre, particularly for ancient Greek mythology. Sophocles’ story of Antigone perfectly illustrates the ancient Greek ideal of theatre, specifically…

In order for a character to be a tragic hero, he or she must fulfill a few requirements. A tragic hero is a character of noble stature and greatness. He or she must have a "high" status position as well as nobility as part of his or her instinctive character. A tragic hero must also have a tragic flaw, a trait that brings about the downfall of the protagonist. The flaw could be a lack of judgment, but in most cases it is pride. The tragic hero must also have a change of heart somewhere in the…

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a Greek play often called the perfect tragedy. After hearing an oracle that kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus tries to escape his fate by leaving his family in Corinth. Oedipus believes that he has outwitted fate by running to Thebes; however, the tragic king has unknowingly run into the very fate he was trying to avoid. Oedipus’ hubris leads to his downfall because his arrogance results in an exchange of his happiness for misery in a reversal. This…

A hero could be defined as someone who does his or her best, even when the situation that is presented is not the greatest situation. How you finish and what you learn from the circumstances you are giving will decide if you are a hero of what fate has come your way. Oedipus Tyrannus, is such that, he is a hero from what fate has and will bring to him. Oedipus came into power after solving a riddle that the Sphinx. The city of Thebes looked up to Oedipus, he was their mighty ruler, that saved…

It wasn't his fault that no one told nim who his real parents were. Through the deception of some characters like Tiresias, Oedipus never got a straight answer of the truth until it was too late. The audience can feel what Oedipus is feeling because they knew important information before Oedipus. This is how the author created the sympathetic feeling from the audience…

state, Oedipus is fast to sacrifice his relationship with Creon and accuses him of lying. After being told by Tiresias that he is the murderer of the king, he quickly turns to his brother-in-law and calls him a “marauding thief himself scheming to steal [Oedipus’] crown and power” (Sophocles, 181). Because he is so overwhelmed by his confidence, he cannot bring himself to believe Tiresias’ knowledge of his fate and immediately begins to think that his own brother is plotting against him to take…

this prophecy, due to his stubbornness and quick temper, for as long as he can despite the amount of evidence laid out before him. Oedipus’s stubbornness and temper are displayed when a blind prophet, Tiresias, forewarns Oedipus about how he very well may be the man the prophecy is talking about. Tiresias says:…

accept the truth when it is handed to him. As Oedipus engrages to the statement Tiresias makes, “ You are your own worst enemy and not Creon,” he later responds with “So this is what he wants, Creon the loyal, Creon so long my friend! Stealing up to overthrow and snatch!” (Sophocles 22) Oedipus is blind by his power and changes the truth of Creon actually being a loyal citizen of Thebes. He doesn’t believe anything Tiresias says to him and can’t accept the facts. Oedipus has no intention of…

Antigone by Sophocles, is a Greek tragedy that has a unified plot. The plot is a controlling structure that drives the story as it develops throughout the sequence of events from beginning to end. A good plot does not overshadow the other elements, however its’ own elements are nothing short of notable. Antigone’s plot action along with other plot elements successfully drive its storyline along as the characters respond to the conflict presented. Firstly, a unified plot contains a beginning,…