Existentialists or Absurdists believe that each individual-not society or religion- is solely responsible for giving meaning to life and living it passionately and sincerely‚ or ‘authentically’. The ideas of Existentialism are discussed in not only Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex but also in Albert Camus’ The Outsider. Many aspects of both texts incorporate Existential beliefs and readings. Including the concepts that fate and chance affect our lives‚ that we can expect crime and punishment as part of our fate‚ and therefore
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understanding Homer’s input of emotion on the battlefield of Troy. Achilles creates this emotion throughout the epic. He shows his anger in three ways. First‚ he leaves command with his soldiers. Second‚ he curses the Greeks. And finally he kills Hektor to avenge Patroklos. He is justified in revenge because Agamemnon dishonored him by taking his concubine. He has a right to get revenge and reclaim his honor because he is a superior fighter. Achilles‚ however‚ was taken over by anger and acts dishonorably
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D’Alessandro 345-102-MQ World Views September 26th‚ 2013 Achilles the "Godlike" Worrior Although Achilles was merely a mortal‚ he was a representation of strength by winning all combats‚ during the war‚ which was considered as extremely valuable to his fellow Greeks. Achilles was excelent at everything he did. He may not have be known for his intelligence‚ but he was known for his heroism and extreme stregth. As the seer said "...Achilles‚you-the most violent man alive- you can perform the rites
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about to slay his enemy) is a great mythological warrior‚ the son of Peleus‚ named Achilles. Achilles is a famous Greek hero that many Greek citizens‚ at that time‚ could relate themselves too. He had characteristics that almost any Greek male wanted to imitate. Achilles was strong‚ courageous‚ loyal‚ and most importantly a brave warrior. The second figure in the image is Penthesilea‚ a direct polar opposite of Achilles. Penthesilea is the one of the greatest Amazon warriors and queen of the Amazons
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in the Oedipus trilogy. “Myth and Investigation in Oedipus Rex” by Peter T. Koper‚ “Oedipus and Abraham” by Moshe Shamir‚ and “Oedipus crux; reasonable doubt in Oedipus the King” by Kurt Fosso are three particular articles that have an appealing academic approach to the Oedipus trilogy. In Koper’s article‚ he mainly expresses how there is uncertainty in the crime committed by Oedipus; murdering his father‚ King Laius. In Shamir’s article‚ he makes an interesting comparison between Oedipus and Father
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John Green Word Count: 1072 A Tragic Comparison Throughout history‚ audiences have been entertained by tales of tragedy and catastrophe. Though each author and every story they write puts a unique spin on the genre‚ the characters employed are often not too dissimilar. Whether admiring drama from ancient Greece or reading the works of the Renaissance era‚ most of the characters have a parallel character in existing somewhere else literature. These parallels are rarely as clear as when Othello
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King Lear Comparison A tragedy is not only an imitation of life in general but an imitation of an action‚ as Aristotle defined his ideas in the Poetics‚ which presents Oedipus as an ultimate tragic hero. There is a obvious link between the two characters in that blindness – both literal and metaphorical – is a strong theme in the stories. Issues of self-recognition and self-knowledge are significant for Oedipus as well as King Lear. For Aristotle‚ Reversal‚ Recognition and Suffering are key
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all the other men of their time and culture‚ both Hector and Achilles knew that their most important duty was to fight wars. In the Iliad‚ by Homer‚ war was of the utmost importance‚ and the Greeks felt that dying in battle was the noblest way to die. Outside of war‚ men made their own decisions as to what else would be important in their lives. Hector valued his family‚ was able to control his emotions‚ and respected the gods. Achilles was almost the exact opposite. "Don’t ask me to sit beside
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Oedipus the King & Death of a Salesman Comparison In the play “Oedipus the King” (429 BCE) by Sophocles and “Death of a Salesman” (1949 AD) by Arthur Miller it is illustrated that the main protagonists Oedipus and Willy both fail to fulfill their responsibilities as leaders and instead surround themselves with personal conflict affecting their surroundings and families negatively as a result of their arrogance and excessive pride. In “Death of a Salesman”‚ Willy‚ who is envisioned as the
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Socrates and Achilles: the Martyr Heroes Madelyn Vogel ILS 205 By comparing himself to the Greek hero Achilles before the jury in Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates attempts to portray himself as a hero of equal merit to Achilles and others of similar standing. By selecting the greatest of the Classical Greeks to compare and contrast himself to in his argument‚ Socrates surreptitiously urges his audience to view him as being of the same caliber as Achilles. This not only authenticates Socrates’ claims‚ but
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