Tiresias

Homeric and Hellenistic Epics and Tragedy are two genres distinct from one another in many ways. Tragedy is more compact than Epic, not wasting time on repetition or embellishments. They also differ in that the purpose of Tragedy is to show the downfall of great heroes and royalty, but Epic focused more on the heroic code and the glory of heroes. One of the things that both genres showcase though, is fate is important in everyone’s lives. Although Greek society’s ideals of heroes have changed…

Themes of nature in the works of T S Eliot T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is an imperative breakthrough in the history of English poetry and one of the most deliberated poems of the twentieth century. It is a long poem of about four hundred forty lines in the five parts entitled 1) The Burial of the dead, 2) A Game of Chess, 3) The Fire Sermon, 4) Death by Water and 5) What the Thunder said. The poet was just recovering after a serious breakdown in health, caused by domestic worries and over-work…

. When Creon returns , He announced that the only way to end the plague is to find out who was the murderer of king Laius , The previous king before him. The people of Thebes suggest that Oedipus must consult Tieresias. , the blind prophet . But Tiresias first rufuses to speak but finally accuses Oedipus himself of Killing King Laius . So Oedipus get angry and leave the blind prophet . As the investigation proceed , A messenger arrives From Corinth with the news that his Father Father polybus is…

up to Oedipus to step forward and find the antidote, and end this mass impairment of a once thriving city. In his arrogance, however, Oedipus initially denies having anything to do with the crimes committed, and when accused by the city's prophet, Tiresias, as the murderer, responds, “Not twice you shall say calumnies like this and stay unpunished.” Oedipus is so revered In Thebes that it is an absolute mad thought for him to perform any wrongdoing. It is in this way, that he is ignorant, and…

They both are blind to their own salvation because of their delusional thoughts. Both are warned that if they continue with their actions, they will be sealing their fate with death. Pentheus doesn’t acknowledge the advice of Cadmus and Tiresias to accept Dionysus as a god. Is Dionysius himself who gives a last warning to Pentheus: "My friend, it is still possible to put this right", but the desire of Pentheus to impose a dictatorship as the sovereign leader of Thebes is what leads him to…

Nausicca, daughter of Alcinous, is sleeping and Athena talks to her in her sleep disguised as her best friend. Athena(disguised as Dymas’ daughter) told Nausicca, “How could your mother bear such a careless child? Your marriage will come soon. Ask your father to harness the mules and a wagon for you, and I will help you wash your clothes and get ready.” So Nausicca said, “Daddy dear, will you harness a wagon for me, the tall one with smooth wheels, so I can take my clothes to wash at the river?”…

While the story” Fences” by August Wilson and” Oedipus the king “ by Sophocles I notice that there a lot of different and similarity in the story. There were several similarities, differences I saw like the tension between the characters, how the characters relate to one and other. To let you see how both story compare to each other. Fences are about a man name troy who is garbage collector was living in a time where there was so much discrimination and how he wanted something to…

towards the citizens. The lines “And is Thebes about to tell me how to rule” and “The city is the king’s- that’s the law!” show what he truly cares about (383). The only thing on his mind is the power of the throne and not the city that it rules. Tiresias is the next to confront Creon on his edict. The prophet informs him that a plague has swept Thebes and the gods are ignoring the people and unwilling to…

first king of Thebes; he is Semele and Agaue father and Dionysus and Pentheus grandfather. Agaue; she is Pentheus’s mother, daughter of Cadmus; she is one of the maenads and a participant of the orgies. The Chorus; was the female bacchants of Lydia. Tiresias; he is a friend of Cadmus; he influenced him to adore Dionysus. We also have the servants, and the messengers. The plot summary of this play begins with Dionysus, he mentions the story about his origin, his premature birth, he is the son of…

their goals. (208) Still believing that he did not murder his own father, Oedipus goes through heaven and earth to find one shepherd who saw it all and could possibly save him from everything. (204). The seeking of wisdom and knowledge began when Tiresias tells Oedipus of the murder (180) and that he himself, is the murder that he seeks. Enraged and not choose not to acknowledge this information shows us that on his path to seek the truth, ruins his own identity and life. He was better off not…