Tiresias

The play I decided to read was Oedipus the King by Sophocles, I choose to read this play because of the intricacy of its story plot, which allows for great analysis of the many themes throughout this play. I owned a copy of the play since high school and that was how I obtained the play. In this play, Sophocles does a great job at depicting the prominent theme in Greek history, fate vs free will. They believed that a man was born with a certain fate, and all his actions would lead to that fate,…

Doesn’t it feel like you are on your own hero’s journey? The Odyssey was a story about a man named Odysseus who went to Troy to fight a war,but after the war Odysseus mocked the gods and made the god of the sea Poseidon angry.Poseidon was so mad that he kept Odysseus from returning home to his family and Odysseus went to a whole new world to try and make it home.I think that the Odyssey was a great example of the hero's journey and i will tell you why. In the hero’s journey,stage six is the…

Oedipus would have never married Jocasta if not for the death of Laius. Without a drawn-out connection between prophecies, the prophecy given to Laius and Jocasta years prior was directly responsible for the prophecy given to Oedipus upon talking to Tiresias. The characters attempted to dispel these prophecies, as any sane person would, in turn causing the prophecies to come to…

Oedipus: A clever man who ran away from his home in fear to prevent the prophecies of him killing his father and marrying his mother from coming true. He is short-tempered when we came across a caravan when he was running away from home. The people of Thebes praise him because he was clever solved the Sphinx's riddle. He is very motivated in finding the murderer of King Laius. He is very selfish and arrogant, thinking he's better than everyone. He is very ignorant and refuses to believe the…

king because this will give him more power. Both Creon and Antigone are on different side of the argument, they both are fueled by their extreme pride. When it comes to the end of the play Creon was very emotional when he realizes his mistakes when Tiresias predict the future. Thus, Creon attempts to correct himself by allowing Antigone to be free, but he was too late. Crean was forced to live, knowing that three people are dead as a result of his actions. This punishment is worse than death.…

In Oedipus the king, text translated by David Grene. Throughout this context there have been many ideas that overlapped with HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR in which there have been so many ideologies, and denial emphasized in which the argument that took place between the different characters led the audience to have a clearer idea about the truth behind the incident that took place. In HTRLLAP "he is blind for a reason" it emphasizes how blindness doesn't have to be physical and it…

In The Odyssey, by Homer, a hero named Odysseus makes his way back home to Ithaca after a great battle at the city of Troy. On his way home, Odyssey faces many challenges that push his leadership and emotional restraint. Odysseus and his men have to face the wrath of gods, such as the almighty Zeus, and mythical creatures, such as the sirens and the nymphs. Throughout his journey, Odysseus and his men show many admirable qualities. These qualities include caution in the face of danger, bravery,…

gets to go home” (1.89-94). In this case, Fate and Free Will is combined because Poseidon must let Odysseus go home but he gets to choose how much Odysseus gets to suffer in the process. Lastly, Fate and Free Will is shown in the Underworld when Tiresias reveals Odysseus’ fate: “For I do not think you will elude the Earthshaker, / Who has laid up wrath in his heart against you, / Furious because you blinded his son. Still, / You just might get home, though not without pain, / You and your men,…

In life, “we [can] do everything right, act on the best information available, and with the best of intentions, yet still commit unspeakable horrors” (“The Tragic Hero in Greek Drama”). Aristotle created a definition of a tragic hero based on Sophocles’ characters in the tragedies Antigone and Oedipus the King. His definition, known as the Aristotelian tragic hero, has specific requirements the character must possess. Creon is the character that best exemplifies Aristotle’s tragic hero because…

decisions to kill others were in conflict with the gods’ support of the people 's prayers causing misfortune across their land. Creon becomes doomed by his own actions of pride as expressed by Tiresias, “Pride is a crime"(1136). Creon 's actions not only affect himself, but also those who surround him and obey him. Tiresias highlights that Creon 's pride in his power causes manipulation of his perspective. Creon 's tragic fate is set into place by his previous actions and judgements made…