Category: Oedipus Rex

Argumentative Essay A butterfly flaps its wings in Chicago and a tornado occurs in Tokyo. The butterfly effect, the theory is an idea that a small change can make much bigger changes happen, that one small incident can have a big impact someday. In Greek literature, a greater part of the writing has elements of…

ABSTRACT In Greek society there is a great influence of myths on the literature and traditions. People believe that gods have a great role in the making of their fate. People and significant heroes try to escape from destiny but they are generally surrounded by the fate, in order to make them tragic This can…

Annotated Bibliography Hull, Robert. ‘Hamartia and Heroic Nobility in Oedipus Rex.’ Philosophy and Literature, vol. 17 no. 2, 1993, pp. 286-294. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/phl.1993.0047 The article is written by Robert Hull, and he argues that ones consequences are already displaced by their character flaws at the beginning of the story, as opposed to those who…

Both Sophocles Oedipus the King and Platos Apology explore the limits of human wisdom. Socrates spends times trying to understand the nature of wisdom and whether the people who claim to possess it actually do. This investigation stems from the oracle, who proclaimed that Socrates was the wisest man in Athens. Through this quest, Socrates…

The title characters of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Nathanial Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’ share common traits — those of arrogance, righteousness and a belief that they could raise themselves to the level of the gods. Both sought to define the wicked, though only Oedipus truly succeeded because he determined to discover the truth even if…

The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe has been influenced by Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. The protagonists of both these works are similar because Okonkwo and Oedipus are both successful, they both have a flawed character, and they both experience a demise. Things Fall Aparts protagonist Okonkwo and Oedipus Rexs Oedipus are similar in…

Sophocies Oedipus is believed to be a tragic hero, in the past times of theatre. Oedipus odd destiny primes him for a catastrophic collapse that gives each reader and listener a feeling that affects them emotionally. Aristotle believes that Oedipus upsetting story meets the necessities as a heartbreaking protagonist through his competence to reserve his…

The idea of sex and death, both in early times and today, is a controversial idea. In the novels of tragedy, written in previous times, both sex and death are reflected in the texts as a conflict. But what exactly does sex and death represent? Many directly think that it only represents pleasure, but it…

Oedipus the King by Sophocles reveals that human strength overpowers our weaknesses. An individual’s strength is perceived through emotions, actions, and the very essence of one’s character. The protagonist Oedipus has power, high status and a great influence in Thebes. Thebes is struck by another plague which is rapidly spreading through the city. The only…