Throughout the play "Oedipus Rex," the playwright Sophocles, show's an underlying relationship between fate and free will. ... That specific flaw affected Oedipus's decision making process. ... Despite Oedipus's determined search for the truth, he knowingly ignored the warnings given to him by other characters in the play. ... "Oedipus Rex" demonstrates how man's fate and free will are intertwined. ... To find the truth however, Oedipus faced a crossroad. ...

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Around 400 B.C. an epic play was created by a Greek playwright named Sophocles, that play known as Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus the King has set the standard for the formula of a Tragedy. ... By just putting those words into a book, it is hard to grasp the emotional feelings emitting from the characters. ... By either reading or watching Sophocles" play "Oedipus Rex" you experience the classic illustration of a tragedy. ... In the movie, the characters speak and they show the clear images of the comparison between light and darkness. ... Maybe the chorus was the timeline in Oedipus the King? ...

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Pride and Determination in Oedipus Rex/ the king A man has many defining characteristics - some positive and some negative. ... This concept can be directly related to the story Oedipus Rex. Aristotle stated, "the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus." ... Oedipus also shows his determination when in search of Laius" murderer. ... When the blind prophet Teiresias stated that Oedipus was the murderer of King Laius, Oedipus" pride prevented him to believe. ...

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Oedipus Rex, what a sad poor man. But he himself wasn't really all that deep or memorable of a character. ... In Antigone, we again follow the bloodline of Oedipus, through his daughters and sons. Again though, you see major development in the secondary characters. Again we see our old friend Tiresias, although I feel the role he has in this play isn't quite as influential to the story line as he was in Oedipus King. ...

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A man named Oedipus whose life is not all it appears to be. ... Oedipus" strong suit was definitely intelligence and he knew it. After leaving Corinth, Oedipus wanders the land to find himself in the town of Thebes. ... "Here I am myself, you all know me, the world knows my fame: I am Oedipus." ... His own intelligence, hubris and desire for the truth brought the character of Oedipus Rex to his downfall. ...

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Blindness, Even With Sight The tragic play Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, is filled with dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the audience has knowledge about the main character in the play that a major, predictable event will happen to him/her but the character is not aware of tragedy that will eventually ensue. Oedipus is a great example of a character who is unaware of his tragic end, even though many signs, clues, and blunt statements were made throughout the play. ... When Oedipus persists in finding who is the murderer of the previous king, Laios, Oedipus is blind to fact that he is ...

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The story of Oedipus Rex has been around for thousands of years even before Sophocles turned it into a greek tragedy. ... Oedipus has many great characteristics. ... In lines 13 - 15 he says "Whether you come in dread, or crave some blessings: Tell me, and never doubt that i will help you in every way I can; I should be heartless were I not moved. "(1218) Oedipus' character is very confident although he is very proud he shows his compassion towards his people and listening to their concerns first hand rather than second hand. ... When Oedipus is accused of killing Laios by Teiresias, a bl...

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In the tragic ironic play of Oedipus Rex, the usage of sight and blindness is carried throughoyt the characters to convey a sense of truth and knowledge. Sophocles develops an inverse relationship between physical blindness and inner viosion through the characters of Tiresias and Oedipus, and to a lesser extent, Jocasta. ... To a lesser extent, Jocasta posesses an inverse correlation between blindness and sight, much like the other characters in the play. ... She is the only character who will never live the truth anymore. Through the three characters of Tiresias, Oedipus, and Jocasta, the...

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Such is the case of Oedipus the King in Sophocles" Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. ... The wise prophet Teiresias characterizes the physical aspect of blindness but Oedipus is also a blind character because of his inability to see the truth in front of him. ... In scene one lines 284 to 448 of Oedipus Rex the conflict between ignorance and truth, pride and blindness is battled out in the meeting between Oedipus and Teiresias. ... Oedipus Scene 1, line 286) Tieresias" character is the symbol of truth in the play. ... Oedipus is a wise character that seems to be too smart for his own good. ...

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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. ... Just like Oedipus, Creon's family is dying one by one. ... Both characters were not bad kings but, because of fate, have been punished anyways....

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It is a more recent play in which the main character, Rene Gallimard is the tragic hero. ... Oedipus' strength is definitely intelligence and he knows it. ... His own intelligence, hubris and excessive pride bring the character of Oedipus Rex to his demise. ... His hubris, in turn, leads this character to his death. ... This is that the hubris of the main characters will ultimately lead to their own deaths. ...

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