Oedipus Rex's Ironic Fate Sophocles" Oedipus Rex uses very twisted situations to make this play ironic. ... When Oedipus was born his ankles were pinned and tied together. ... Oedipus answers "man" to become king. ... Jocasta (Oedipus" mother) tries to keep believing that Polybus is Oedipus" father. ... In actuality Oedipus is extremely unlucky. ...
In the play "Oedipus Rex," by Sophocles (rpt. ... As a baby, Oedipus' mother and father sent him away with a shepherd to put Oedipus in the mountains to die. ... Oedipus was being controlled by a greater force. ... This man also tried to dissuade Oedipus from the truth but Oedipus demanded the man to tell him everything. ... In this play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus was destined to kill his father and beget children by his mother. ...
What controlled the lives of the characters in the play Oedipus Rex? ... Oedipus Rex obviously shows that Sophocles, the playwright, supported the idea of fate. ... Unfortunately the oracle could not be broken, and Oedipus survived. ... Some reason that Oedipus caused himself great grief out of freewill. ... Oedipus tried with all his might to run from fate. ...
Even though I did not enjoy the ending of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, I did however, find the first part of the play to be interesting. ... Though not as horrible as the life that her son / husband will be living after his violent reaction to the terrifying news of his fulfillment of the prophecy cast upon him by Apollo; Iocaste's death signifies the punishment that Apollo placed upon her for trying to change the fate of her and her husband's life -- trying to kill her own baby boy-Oedipus. ... (p. 68) Or maybe she did it out of anger at the Gods, or at Oedipus for being persistent ...
In the stories "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone", many actions turn out to have peripeteia outcomes. "Oedipus Rex", by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. ... The truth is that Laius, the old man Oedipus killed on the way to Thebes, is Oedipus' real father. ... "Oedipus ruled as a kind and beloved king for many years. ... Just like Oedipus, Creon's family is dying one by one. ...
In "Oedipus Rex", Oedipus was also the character that was looked to as the savior and was asked to find the murderer of King Liaus. ... In "Oedipus Rex", the antagonist is actually Oedipus himself. ... Claudius and Oedipus are highly comparable. ... Sophocles and Shakespeare both used disloyalty with murder to one's family in the stories "Oedipus Rex" and "Hamlet". ... In "Oedipus Rex" the audience knows that even though Oedipus is trying to escape his fate, it is going to come true. ...
