! Creon: A Bad Leader Being a good leader means that someone is humble‚ thoughtful and unselfish. Creon is a rather weak man who has been placed into a position of authority and is incapable of handling the position well. He is a self-conceited man who is also very narrow minded. Creon who only thinks of himself‚ not the good of the people‚ causes him to lose many dear family members. And he doesn ’t like to be wrong or to be told that he is wrong. He is stubborn and doesn ’t want to change
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Blindness? Throughout the play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles makes several references about sight and blindness. Even though Tiresias is a blind man‚ he is the one that knows the truth and is insinuating that Oedipus doesn’t want to face it. Oedipus develops into a character blinded by all the greatness that Thebes has given him. The oracle prophesized by the gods is the main reason that led him to become the tragic hero of this play. First and foremost‚ Sophocles’ contrast between seeing and blindness creates
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determined to find the killer of King Laius saying‚ “As for the criminal‚ I pray to God- whether it be a lurking thief‚ or one of a number- I pray that that man’s life be consumed in evil and wretchedness and as for me this curse applies no less…” (Sophocles). Creon’ s motive of determination was not to back down from his word and law. The law was whoever buries Polyneices would be publicly stoned to death‚ since Polyneices didn’t deserve a proper burial for his actions in war. Creon later finds out
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about his demise. Sophocles makes liberal use of irony throughout "Oedipus the King". He creates various situations in which dramatic and verbal irony play key roles in the downfall of Oedipus. Dramatic irony depends on the audience’s knowing something that the character does not and verbal irony is presented when there is a contradiction between what a character says and what they mean. Both of these elements are used effectively to develop the tale of Oedipus. Sophocles makes use of many
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written by a Greek playwright Sophocles. Antigone is the third play in an epic about a man named Oedipus and his family. This third installment is considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced. He considered Sophocles the greatest tragedy playwright
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Megan Bright Palenchar‚ Hour 2 November 8‚ 2009 Sophocles was Grecian dramatist who liked to argue that women were more capable and strong than the Greek society believed them to be. In ancient Greece‚ women had about as many rights as the slaves. For her entire life‚ a woman would live under the control of her father‚ husband‚ or other male relative. Women did not leave the household but instead spent all day taking care of it. Women with wealth didn’t work and supervised the slaves. The
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wishes by fighting against Thebes. Antigone was strong in her devotion to help her brother which concluded with her death at the end. Throughout the hardships and repercussions she faced‚ Antigone showed bravery in the face of Creon’s judgment. In Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone‚ Antigone’s loyalty and bravery were her greatest attributes‚
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Oedipus realizes his foolishness at the end of the play‚ comparing his lack of wisdom to blindness. Tiresias the blind prophet “sees” more than Oedipus‚ who has his sight. This idea of sight and blindness is a major theme in Oedipus the King. Sophocles‚ the author of Oedipus the King‚ uses several literary techniques to support the theme of sight and blindness. The technique he uses the most is irony. The first example of irony relating to sight and blindness is when Oedipus blinds himself after
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Odysseus and Oedipus There are many legendary epic stories have been passed on from generation to generation in the Greek culture. Even though each story has different outcomes‚ every epic character has certain features in common. Odysseus in The Odyssesy and Oedipus in Oedipus the King are great examples of epic heroes with a variety of similarities. Odysseus and Oedipus are similar in which they both god-like men who are considered heroes because of their cautious ways and relentless tenacity
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they have it all in the beginning and then they both fall. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is a man from the village Umofia; he has many wives‚ a famous wrestler‚ and a big yam plantation. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is a man from Corinth who runs away from his homeland in fear of a prophecy from Apollo that Oedipus will murder his father‚ and his mother will become his lover. After running away‚ Oedipus defeats a mighty and powerful sphinx to become
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