No one would doubt Oedipus as a glorious king, especially the King of Suffering. His confronting with Sphinx, his tender empathy for the Thebans, and his resolve to rescue Thebes from the plague successfully prove his greatness, which makes him an honored king. In addition to a successful king, he possesses the capabilities of investigating as well-swiftness, perseverance, and wisdom. However it is also these great traits that curse Oedipus and lead him to the ultimate truth which he strives for and, ironically, he fatefully suffers from. He saves the Thebans from the Sphinx but fails to do so from Laois's murderer-Oedipus himself, which makes the investigation so agonizing and eventually leads his life to an even poorer end. .
Oedipus, like Sherlock Holmes, moves ahead of others. Holmes visualized the geographical characteristics of the moor with a detailed map before he arrives at Devonshire, a preparation which largely helps him. Similarly, Oedipus's swiftness also gives his investigation a good start. He anticipates the subject and has already sent Kreon to Delphi for oracles. After Kreon came back from Delphi with Apollo's words, Oedipus starts to summon witnesses to decipher those vague clues. However he sometimes acts too fast and cannot ponder the outcome. When Oedipus travels down the crossroads, he has a road rage with Laois and his company (1045). They try to shove him off to make the way for the king. Both Laios's and his driver's aggressive behavior stimulate Oedipus's defense in a sudden which causes Laois's death and agitates Oedipus to kill the band with only one survivor left. Had Oedipus not hastened to travel on the road but waited until Laios passed him, this whole story would not have happened regardless of the fact that he is doomed to kill Laios. .
Besides his swiftness which starts the whole investigation, his determination triggers his perseverance and thereafter motivates him to continue this difficult process which lacks witnesses' cooperation and clues.
In Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus is looking for the king's murderer. ... Here Oedipus calls the gods to curse the man who murdered the late king Laius. Again ironically Oedipus has called down a curse upon himself unknowingly. ... He was banished from the kingdom for the good of the people. This is because he has brought a famine upon his people stemming from his murderous deeds. ...
At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus is highly confident, and with good reason. He has saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and becomes the king of the city virtually overnight. ... In Oedipus and Antigone, Sopholcles portrays Oedipus and Creon as once good kings who have lost their ability to reason since they both have been corrupted by power. ... Creon is affected by fate through the curse of Oedipus. ... Sophocles plays describe how once good men turn bad when given too much power. ...
Is this true of Oedipus? In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the main character Oedipus is seen to follow his prophesized fate, which ends in his downfall. ... Oedipus is a man of tremendous pride and arrogance and these qualities cause him to ignore all advice, be it good or bad, from those around him as he is so assured HE is the one who is always right that he has enormous difficulty in accepting otherwise. ... This strong willed Corinthian is in running away, making an attempt to thwart the oracles and therefore Gods, and take control of his own fate, a deed unthinkable in these tim...
At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus is highly confident, and with good reason. He has saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and becomes the king of the city virtually overnight. ... In Oedipus and Antigone, Sopholcles portrays Oedipus and Creon as once good kings who have lost their ability to reason since they both have been corrupted by power. ... Creon is affected by fate through the curse of Oedipus. ... Sophocles plays describe how once good men turn bad when given too much power....
Finally, in today's society finding out the entire truth when you are in a romantic relationship is not good. ... If, in the present dangerous situation, he thinks that I have injured him in any way, by word or deed, let me not live out of the rest of my days with such a reputation." (33) Oedipus eventually found out that his accusation toward Creon was incorrect and this left him in shambles, for Oedipus then had to find out what really did happen to King Laius. ... He speaks of banishing himself from Thebes, says he will not remain in his house under the curse which he himself pronou...
The best-known example occurs in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex when Oedipus discovers that he has unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. ... The management of a good plot concerns the relationship between peripetia (a special turn in the action what we might term today the climax) and anagnorisis (the recognition of what brings about the peripetia). ... Oedipus now understands all. ... Oedipus pulled out the golden brooches that pinned her dress and put his eyes out with them. ... It is clear that he is in torment because of her death, and because he himself did the deed - begins...
Antigone is a daughter of the former king Oedipus. ... When Oedipus becomes aware of his deeds he put out his own eyes, and laid himself down to die. ... After Oedipus is dead, Polyneices and Eteocles battle each other for the thrown. ... Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. ... The curse upon him prevents him from taking his own life, forcing him to live to become a man of many years. ...
It is unseemly that a household drudge Should be misproud ; but she was conversant with outrage, ever since she passed the bounds Laid down by law ; then hard upon that deed Comes this, the second outrage, to exult And Triumph in her deed, Truly if here She wielded such powers uncensured, she is man, I woman! ... Though with respect to chronology, due to the audience's prior knowledge of the preceding plays Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, and the evidence presented in the authors note, the conflict of Antigone is provided before Scene I even begins. ... Both for the good man and the b...
The last of the Oedipus Plays is Antigone. ... Antigone is the daughter or King Oedipus. Antigone and her sister Ismene, are the last two left carrying the burden of the family curse that has been passed down for a few generations. ... Currently in the story, the guards have brought Antigone in to the ruler and she openly admits to her deed. ... She is refusing to turn her back onto her family whether that acts they have been committed were good or bad. ...