The idea of a King needing advice from anyone spoils the King's own identity and 'royalty'. Oedipus, like most people in charge, doesn't need anyone telling him about things he doesn't understand; the King relies only upon himself. Soon after Oedipus' "greeting of Teiresias with such gallant frivolity, a reader of the work questions Oedipus' true motives concerning Teiresias. ... Oedipus' arrogance challenges the authority of "things hidden and has no use of the ˜truth' from any source other than his own; Oedipus believes he can summon '...

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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a classical Greek tragedy. ... For example, "Oedipus, the simple man, who knows nothing. ... this is when Oedipus mocks teiresias, Oedipus tires deliberately to be ironic when he says he is "simple man, who know nothing." And when Oedipus says, "whoever killed king Laius might who knows? ... The fundamental irony in Oedipus Rex that stems from the fact which the audience knows king Oedipus's true identity, while he is unaware of it. ...

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The two examples that are reflected on are Sophocles' Oedipus the King and E. ... The key difference between the tragic heroes in each example is Oedipus was a King, a figure of nobility, and Willy was an average man. ... Oedipus The King The tragedy that exists in Oedipus is that of the classical tragic hero wherein the plot presents a reversal of fortune in the life of a renowned person, a king in this case. ... Oedipus was a true tragic hero. As an audience, we gain an emotional connection to Oedipus. ...

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In Prometheus Bound and Oedipus the King, Oedipus and Prometheus are similar in that they both show blasphemy towards the higher powers. ... In both Greek tragedies, Oedipus and Prometheus show open blasphemy towards the Gods. ... Oedipus does not yet understand the hierarchy, in which Gods and prophet position well above all humans. ... Like Oedipus, Prometheus does not think highly of Zeus. ... Although both Oedipus and Prometheus were on the same course of irreverence, Oedipus soon branched off when he realized that the Gods were right and that he was wrong. ...

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In the Antigone, Sophocles recreates the story between Oedipus' daughter, Antigone, and Creon, the king of Thebes. ... He thinks that his rule will be accepted by anyone including gods because he accomplishes his responsibility as a king. It is hard to blame a king on trying to provide security for the citizen. ... For the general public who are not king, insisting on our own belief without considering the environment is not beneficial. It is plausible for a king to apply that principle that a king has a choice that whether to put the city first, religion first or the family first as he ...

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