A True Tragic Hero Batman‚ Superman‚ and the Green Lantern all fit the characteristics of a hero. The word “hero” typically evokes positive feelings and has a positive connotation surrounding it. But what about “tragic hero‚” does it? The English Department at California State University in Sacramento states that a tragic hero must be noble‚ possess heroic qualities‚ and acquire a tragic flaw leading to their demise. Though initially heroic by nature‚ the character’s tragic fall must also include
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Creon has decided to sentence Antigone to death by execution for the crime of burying her dead brother‚ Polynices‚ against his own decree. Creon first heard of this from the Sentry‚ who at the time‚ did not know who did it. The Sentry later informs Creon that it was indeed Antigone who committed the crime. After confronting Antigone‚ and ignoring Ismene’s desperate pleas for mercy‚ Creon ends the scene by having the guards escorting Antigone and Ismene into the palace. Since the plot scene
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Throughout history‚ men have questioned whether they control their fate‚ and even today‚ men still linger on this dilemma. In Oedipus the King‚ and Antigone‚ Sophocles shows men have no control whatsoever in their determined fate. In Oedipus the King and Antigone‚ Sophocles show how men try to change their fates‚ but ultimately fail in the end despite the decisions of the characters. First‚ Sophocles shows how men don’t control their fate through oracles and prophecies. In Antigone‚ when Creon
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presented to him. An example‚ Oedipus was mad at Tiresias because he said to him you are the murdered that you seek (721). He refused to listen because he was blinded by truth of his own life. Oedipus had no idea that his real parents were Laius and Jocasta. In the beginning he was unaware of the truth in front of his eyes‚ and then he was forced to open his eyes to truth in front of him. Oedipus did kill his father and married his mother. He was the person responsible for causing all the bad times in
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truly able to see. After Teiresias’ words Oedipus begins to question his wife‚ Jocasta‚ about her previous husband’s murder. All she says leads him to fear that in fact he killed him. Jocasta mentions a shepherd who was still alive that witnessed the murder‚ so Oedipus decides that in order to figure out if he was the murder he would question the Shepard. In refrence to questioning the shepherd‚ Oedipus says to Jocasta‚ "I’ll tell you; if I find that his story is the same as yours‚ I at least will
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be grossly inappropriate to the actual circumstance‚ or expects the opposite of what we know. In Oedipus Rex Dramatic irony plays an important part in Oedipus the King. Its story revolves around two different attempts to change the course of fate: Jocasta and Laius’s killing
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Obituary #1 Polynieces- age unknown Newspaper Rough draft Oedipus and Jocasta were Polynieces’ parents. His siblings were Eteocles‚ Antigone‚ and Ismene. Polynieces was a husband to Argea. He shows that he is able to go after he wants and ignore fate. Oedipus left Eteocles and Polynieces with his power over Thebes but the did no handle this well. The brothers killed each other which is how Polynieces died. At King Creon’s request‚ no burial will occur. Anyone who expresses sadness of Polynieces
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Fate is responsible for many events‚ such as the tragedy of Oedipus. Although some people may lay the fault on others‚ they were really just part of fate’s plans all along. Jocasta and Laius‚ a queen and King from ancient Greece‚ found out they were to have a son. But they did not know from the moment Jocasta became pregnant‚ fate had plans for their son. Before he was even born Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Despite his parent’s attempt to kill him as a baby
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sight. The main character is ignorant and “blind” towards the actual blind prophet. In addition‚ Jocasta is skeptical of prophecy‚ but ironically followed a prophet when her son was born; “To Laius once There came an oracle… That so it should befall‚ that he should die By a son’s hands‚ who he should have by me” (Sophocles 26). Jocasta’s ignorance brought the tragedy to herself. Although Oedipus and Jocasta both have their sight‚ they did not possess “blindness” to see what occurs in the
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be the cause of his own despicable fate. He finds out the to end the plague he has to find the former king’s killer. He fights with Tiresias‚the seer and says Creon is plotting against him. He fights with Jocasta about the past and current “coincidences”. They both realize the truth and Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus stabs his eyes out. Creon becomes king and agrees to take care of Oedipus’s daughters‚ Oedipus is banished. Throughout the whole play Oedipus struggles with seeing and realizing the
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