The main character makes the whole story work with their fate, flaws and words. ... 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. ... 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As Shakespeare's most philosophical character, Hamlet is used as a medium to explore the fundamental questions which the Elizabethan audience and the modern day audience continue to ponder. ... The two characters are further challenged by the Christian edict of "thou shall not kill", but also by the familial piety and duty that was expected at the time. ... As Sigmund Freud has stated, its greatness rivals that of Oedipus Rex and The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky as it is a moral story about patricide, while also acting as a psychological understanding of humanity. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. ... In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. ...

• Word Count: 1033
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• Grade Level: High School

In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. ... In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. ...

• Word Count: 1033
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School