Theseus asks of Neptune to "Avenge a father's wrong.... She has already lied and as a result, Hippolytus is disowned by his own father. ... Maybe jealousy will even drive her to kill Aricia? ... When Oedipus grows up, he is told by a prophet that his future shows him killing his father and sleeping with his mother. ... On his way to another town, Oedipus runs into some annoying old man, whom he kills (who turns out to be his father). ...

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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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The whole story revolves around Hamlet's loyalty to his father, and even causes him to view his mother coldly and hate his uncle. ... He had just lost his beloved father and witnessed his mother marry his less than adequate uncle. ... As the play progresses, he curses Ophelia and his mother and even murders a man. ... Like any other tragic hero, Hamlet possesses that tragic flaw that ultimately results in his death. ... Lastly is Hamlet's inability to kill Claudius. ...

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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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According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes to his demise. ... Hamlet begins his transformation to misery, so to speak, when he finds his mother has abruptly married his Uncle Claudius, who has now become the King of Denmark. ... For example, after Hamlet learns of Claudius" guilt in the death of his father, he decides to kill him. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Hamlet would have killed Claudius at that very moment, his father would be revenged, the internal stru...

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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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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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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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