In Sophocles's play, through a series of events, Oedipus, the tragic hero, kills his father and marries his own mother. ... He kills the man partly responsible in creating him and marries the woman who gave birth to him making him the son and husband of his mother and brother and father of his siblings and children! ... Aristotle also mentions that a tragedy should possess magnitude. According to the philosopher, to possess magnitude means the plot should flow together and all parts of the plot must fit together to form a complete idea. ... The audience lets go of all the tension when Oe...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... He had just lost his father, and his mother remarried so quickly that according to him they could have used the leftover food from the funeral in the wedding reception. ... In any tragedy there is a tragic hero, and he must possess certain characteristics in order to be one. ...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... He had just lost his father, and his mother remarried so quickly that according to him they could have used the leftover food from the funeral in the wedding reception. ... In any tragedy there is a tragic hero, and he must possess certain characteristics in order to be one. ...

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For example, he is an unbeatable war machine because he possesses armor crafted by the god Hephaestus to protect him in battle against Hector, leader of the Trojans. ... His hubris, or arrogant pride, ends up affecting his destiny, which is to kill his father and marry his mother. ... Since it is his fate to kill his father and marry his mother, he cannot avoid it. After the tragic events of finding out his prophecy is true and that his mother and wife has killed herself, Oedipus ashamed, blinds himself in order to never see his deceased parents again in the afterlife. ... His punishments, the...

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According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex is the desire of a boy to possess his mother and supplant his father. This complex is roundly exhibited in the play 'Oedipus Rex', where Oedipus does end up murdering his birth father and marrying his birth mother, Jocasta. ... Creon returns to Thebes and Oedipus accuses him of staging the prophecy that says Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother in order to over throw the throne. ... Oedipus, now all but mad from the realization that he did infect kill his father and marry his mother, enters the palace and discovers that Jocasta h...

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The greek myth is about this king named Oedipus who is born with this fate that he will kill his father and marry and have kids with his mother. To save them from this they tied Oedipus by his feet and sent with a shepherd him be killed. ... Oedipus stated that he wasn't only trying to find the killer for the interest of the people of Thebes but also "for the murdered king in my own interest. " (143,1222) He feels that whoever killed Laois, will kill him. ... Even when his wife/mother Iokaste tells him in lines 682-684 "...This is what prophets and prophecies are worth! ... His fate was ...

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To kill his father and marry his mother is his fate, and fate cannot be fought or avoided. ... Once Oedipus learns of the prophesy that he ill kill his father and marry his mother, he is determined to do everything inn his power to avoid it. ... Oedipus encounters Laius on the road and kills him, thinking that he has saved himself from a potential robber. ... Oedipus also possesses a classical tragic flaw of leaders, which causes them to believe that they cannot be harmed. ...

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Before he was born he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. ... Throughout the play Oedipus is searching for the killer of Laius, who is actually his father, and ironically it turns out that it was him all along. ... This shows the power and popularity that Oedipus possesses which gives him the proper status to be a tragic hero. ...

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The classic tragedy, Oedipus tells the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus who foolishly tries to challenge fate and evade prophecy, which proclaimed that he would murder his father and marry his mother. When trying to free Thebes of a plague he discovers that the prophecy had, in fact come true and he did murder his father and marry his mother. ... Shamefully was I born: In shame I wedded: to my shame I slew (PG 85) Oedipus has finally accepted tat he murdered his father, Laius and married his mother as his pride falls and he is enlightened to the truth. ... Hamlet is a story about a prince ...

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While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. ... She arranges how King Duncan will be killed, how his guards will be distracted, and how even the knives used will be from the guards. ... Though she does not kill King Duncan in the end, it is her ability to employ sinister, evil thoughts for her fell purpose without succumbing to horror, guilt, and regret that differentiates her from the stereotypical acquiescent woman....

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The death of Antigone lead Haemon to commit suicide which in turn lead his mother to do the same. ... /Look: the killer and kill, a father and son.... This idea is summed up nicely by the quote: "Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it" (william pitt, the elder, British Prime Minister 1766 to 1778). ...

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Fate is why Oedipus winds up killing his own father and eventually ended up marrying his own mother and then later on he found out about all of this. ... I killed you. I killed you my dear"(1078-1079). ... Antigone possesses the qualities everyone admires. ...

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