The Greeks believed that too much power entrusted in one person was dangerous. They were the first democratic society in a tumultuous world of kings and emperors, and they were proud of their ideology. Considering their fervent believe in rule by many, its not surprising that many Greek dramas revolve around an individual hero or a king's fall from power because of pride or some other personality flaw. Well-known characters in some of the greatest Greek tragedians' plays illustrate this idea. In Aeschylus's Agamemnon, the title character is a returning king who behaves arrogantly and thoughtl...

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... form of art and entertainment. One of the three known playwrights from this era, Sophocles, wrote the tragedy, Oedipus the King, in which the protagonist, Oedipus, inadvertently murders his father, the king of Thebes. Then Oedipus travels to Thebes, where he saves the city from the grip of a sphinx by solving a riddle. He is then appointed the position of king, marrying Jocasta, the widowed queen "although he does not ... be changed. What is considered superstition in modern day was religion for the Greeks. Oedipus was destined to murder his father and marry his mother, but it is the act...

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... did not want to see anything else that was bad happen. However, in the end Oedipus was not sorry for the thing he had done, but only for the things which he had no control over. Obviously, Oedipus" Greek philosophy is in direct contrast with a Christian Worldview. II Chronicles 26:16 tells of a king who's pride lead to his downfall. Philippians 2:3 tell us to " Do nothing ... out of self ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than you." Lastly, I Peter 5:5 tells Christian that, " God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." All three verses present id...

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... In Greece people wrote many plays for entertainment. The most memorable and well written were called tragedies. "Oedipus Rex" displays many characteristics of this form of literature; such as a tragic hero, a dynamic character, and the role that fate plays in the outcome of his existence. Now, you ask what is a tragedy? A tragedy is a "serious drama featuring a noble and dignified main character, ... often a member of royalty, who strives to achieve something and is ultimately defeated."(Holt, 302) One of the most memorable tragedies is "Oedipus Rex." This opinion is supported in the sta...

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... so give me a shot. Then from we have some Irony Oedipus says that he knows nothing of the king's murder, when as we know he killed the king on the way to Thebes. Now to keep the drama true to life by adding the snowball effect we have Mithos Oedipus puts a curse on his self. And then in the same scene Hamartia the quote is: "with all solemnity I curse him weather he ... acted alone [The murderer] or with others to bear the mask of this crime ... for the rest of his life, without ... ...

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