... investigating and avoid tragedy but he refuses. This of course raises one of the most important questions regarding the two plays: are Othello and Oedipus different and to what extent? They are both facing situations that are devolving behind their backs and are unavoidably leading to tragedy. However, ... and is joyous when his adoptive father dies, nevertheless by the time Jocasta realizes what has happened and runs away into the palace, so does Oedipus but he continues to hang to a thread until the shepherd finally clarifies everything. Nevertheless, had he not been a man of honour he...

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... which the protagonist's recognition of his tragic flaw occurs at the climax and leads to his downfall. The best-known example occurs in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex when Oedipus discovers that he has unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. Also can be seen in Shakespeare" Othello when Othello has wrongly killed his ... naturally. The end of both peripetia and anagnorisis should lead to a catharsis for the audience. The perfect plot, accordingly, must have a single issue: Oedipus wants to solve the mystery of the curse that is bringing plagues and disasters on their city for an unc...

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... fate. To the Greeks, fate would always overpower will and in the end the characters would surrender to their destinies. These philosophies can be seen in tragedies such as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex where it would be the hero's destiny to be overcome and brought down by his own internal flaws. Shakespeare was a prolific writer and among his works exist ten tragedies ... ...

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