For instance, the King of Oedipus from the famous tragedy plays "Oedipus Rex,"" retold by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, and the King of Creon from the plays "Antigone ", are examples of how heroes can suffer from different degrees of remorse due to the consequences they have received. ... To begin with, Oedipus's reaction to the devastating tragedy is more severe, and shows more remorse. ... After he arrives at Thebes, he becomes the new king because he killed Sphinx and marries with the Queen Jocasta. ... As a new king, Creon cannot tolerate others to break his law. ... Although unwilling...

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When you think of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, you tend to think of how the tragedy and prophecy could have easily been avoided, the events that led to the tragedy, and how the characters unwittingly played a role in the unfolding of the prophecy. ... By doing this, he was elected King of Thebes and married the widow of Laius, Jocasta. ... But the only way to save the city is to find who killed the former king of Thebes, Laius, and bring him to justice. ... The prophets in Oedipus the King played a role in the outcome by simply informing Oedipus of the prophecy. ... He saved a city by sol...

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Nature of the Gods As They Are Revealed in Oedipus the King Many ancient Greek plays dealt with the interaction of humans with the immortal gods of Olympus. ... This belief can easily be applied to the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles. ... The gods of Oedipus the King are analogous to the police and judges in today's society. ... One must realize what Oedipus did and how he acted to bring about his destruction. The gods simply said that such a tragedy would happen, but saying something is not the same as doing something. ...

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As Thebes's King, Oedipus has to solve this plague. ... Oedipus was the only child of Laios and Iocaste, king and queen of Thebes. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... Oedipus said that he had sent Creon, his wife's brother to find out how to solve the problem. ... The oracle at Delphi says that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother but never tells Oedipus how to end this tragedy. ...

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As Thebes's King, Oedipus has to solve this plague. ... Oedipus was the only child of Laios and Iocaste, king and queen of Thebes. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... Oedipus said that he had sent Creon, his wife's brother to find out how to solve the problem. ... The oracle at Delphi says that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother but never tells Oedipus how to end this tragedy. ...

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As Thebes's King, Oedipus has to solve this plague. ... Oedipus was the only child of Laios and Iocaste, king and queen of Thebes. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... Oedipus said that he had sent Creon, his wife's brother to find out how to solve the problem. ... The oracle at Delphi says that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother but never tells Oedipus how to end this tragedy. ...

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Sophocles's play, Oedipus Rex is possibly one of the greatest tragedies ever written. ... When the play begins, Oedipus is an honored king, respected and admired by his people. ... It is adopted as a son by the king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope. ... Oedipus divulges the story of how he killed a group of men at a crossroads, in doing so, he realizes that he was responsible for Laius's murder. ... Oedipus states, "Why "murderers" you said, killed the King, according to this man's story. ...

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In this essay I will discuss how these themes are expressed in the work. ... As the other theme of the play may be corruption through power, it's shown strongly as Oedipus becomes king after marrying his mother. ... Creon says it best when he tells Oedipus, why should I want to become king and have that responsibility when I have all the rights and luxuries of a king with out all the pressure and decisions. ... This results in Creon to have the power of being king and being able to punish how he pleases to go to his head. ... So as you can see both Fate and Power may be a theme for bot...

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From the beginning of this tragedy, Oedipus took many actions leading to his own downfall. ... Also, as the new king of Thebes, Oedipus could have done nothing, hoping that the plague would end by some other means than to find the "sour" thing in Thebes, but out of compassion for his suffering people and his yearning to be the best king to his people he sent Creon to Delphi. When he learned of Apollo's word, he could have calmly investigated the murder of the former King Laios, but in his hastiness, he curses the murderer, and in doing so, unknowingly curses himself. ... How could I be...

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Sigmund Freud suggests that Oedipus the King is known as a tragedy of destiny. ... The lesson which the deeply moved spectator should learn from the tragedy is submission to the divine will and realization of his own impotence. (102) Oedipus's fall is a result of fate because of the events that occur when Oedipus is an infant, a young man, and the king of Thebes. ... While Oedipus is an infant, the last incident that shows how uncontrollable fate can be is the servant's decision not to kill Oedipus. ... Oedipus's next action also demonstrates how humans cannot control fat...

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In Prometheus Bound and Oedipus the King, Oedipus and Prometheus are similar in that they both show blasphemy towards the higher powers. However, by the end of both tragedies, Oedipus learns his lesson of being irreverent to the Gods and becomes subservient while Prometheus continues to be defiant. In both Greek tragedies, Oedipus and Prometheus show open blasphemy towards the Gods. ... Prometheus also commits blasphemy when he comments on how Zeus is a tyrant: "Zeus had to make nothing of me, so that he himself could be everything. ... However, with the blasphemy that Oedipus and Prometheus ...

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He encounters Untapishtim, who is immortal, and inquires how he may also gain eternal life. ... However, no matter how hard a man may try to avoid it, he was always bound by his fate. An excellent example of this is the tragedy of Oedipus the King by Sophocles. During the course of this tragedy just about every character attempts to escape their fate. ... Another prophecy presented in Oedipus the King is the oracle as Delphi says that the plague on Thebes will be lifted if the man who killed Laius is banished. ...

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., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. In Oedipus the King, Creon is a lesser character who plays the brother of Jocosta and is the brother-in-law to Oedipus. ... Creon's character is essential to Oedipus the King in that it shows how the apparent loyalty of Creon to Apollo and to his sister and brother-in-law lead us to believe that Creon is one worthy of approval and admiration whereas nothing is as it seems. ... Creon is not able to recognize other f...

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The play "Antigone" is a tragedy of Greek Mythology. This story is about a young girl named Antigone and her struggles with a king named Creon, who is the newly titled King of Thebes. Antigone is a daughter of the former king Oedipus. ... "Antigone" is the recollection of his two daughters, Antigone and Isemene, of how their two brothers died. After Oedipus is dead, Polyneices and Eteocles battle each other for the thrown. ...

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It indicates how Owen's life and voice was used through God. ... When Oedipus was the prince of Corinth he attended a banquet and heard that he was not the son of the king and queen. ... (Pg 26) Even though both do not want to believe that Oedipus murdered his father, as Jocasta goes on to tell how Oedipus" father was murdered, Oedipus realizes that it was he who was responsible for ending his father's life. ... In the opening of "Oedipus Rex," as king of his land, Oedipus accepts the challenge of saving the people of his country from a plague. ... Sophocles does a good job of c...

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Agamemnon is the king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army. ... He returned Chryses to her father, but instead he asked Achilles for a replacement and that he wouldn't rest until he gets another woman by his side, this was how arrogant he was. ... The two brothers were cursed by their father Oedipus; he said that Polynices would bring an army from Argos and fight against Eteocles and they should both fall by each others hands and that was exactly what happened. ... After this tragedy, the Herald reported, "But of his brother Polynices, this be he cast out unburied, f...

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