According to the myth, King Laios and his wife Jocasta visit an oracle. ... These are the reasons why King Creon had potential for greatness. ... King Creon is too worried about his pride to listen to the prophet. ... These are all examples of how Creon's pride affects the decisions he makes. ... If King Creon wouldn't have let his pride get in the way, all of them would still be alive. ...
In the play Antigone the playwright Sophocles presents Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero in the character King Creon. ... The State is the King!." ... The vulnerability of a king who is pleading for his death after his demise due to his loyalty to the State makes the reader "melt with pity at what takes place" " (Poetics 212). ... I look for comfort; my comfort lies here dead Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust (line 1035). ... However the downfall of a strong noble king to an insecure tyrant due to his rash thinking mak ges Creon a true tragic hero. ...
First of all, Oedipus's fall is a result of fate because of actions that occur when Oedipus is an infant. ... Oedipus grew up in Corinth with King Polybus and Queen Merope. ... Out of all the men who previously tried, Oedipus is the only one able to solve the riddle proving that fate cannot be controlled (OR). ... He reigns long in peace and honor as the king of Thebes (Freud 102). ... All of it was destined to be true! ...
Oedipus, the protagonist of the play, is the birth son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. ... King Oedipus again exhibits fear when he forcefully accuses Teresias, an all-knowing seer and prophet, of being the master mind of the death of Laius and the inventor of the plague in Thebes that is really a result of his own past misdeeds. ... King Oedipus anger is not deliberate; it stems from the subconscious and his anger is exhibited through displacement. ... Oedipus displays feelings of anger all through the play and portrays it when he falsely accuses Teresias the all-seeing sear and Cr...
Creon's fate was to lose all of all of his family and the rest of his life knowing it was his entire fault because of his selfish actions and his stubborn ways. ... The king's friend the Leader tries to convince Creon to change his mind by telling him "My king, ever since he began I've been debuting in my mind, could this possibly be the work of the gods"(1050). ... Creon's actions are guided by the ideal that man is the measure of all things. ... "Antigone is torn between her devotion to the Gods and her loyalty to the king"(Harding 290). ... Fate made all of this happen. ...
Children are victims of all ages Children are the victims of all ages and eras. ... Theyre going to blow us all sky-high some night! ... She must bear it all alone. ... Oh, if only it were all over! ... "To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. ...
Medea is married to Jason, who has decided to leave her to marry King Creons daughter. ... "But you women Have reached a state where, if all's well with your sex life You've everything yo wished for; but when that goes wrong At once all that is the best and noblest turns to gall. ... Polyneices however, at the orders of king Creon, was to remain unburied as Creon saw him as a traitor. ... She is captured and is brought in front of the king. ... Antigone challenges him saying that she obeying the unwritten law of the gods, to give all dead a burial. ...
As in Oedipus the King, a major theme in Othello is man's inability to reliably distinguish between what seems to be and what; however, this shared theme of "uncertain vision" is treated somewhat differently in Othello than it is in Oedipus the King. Namely, first of all the reason behind the "uncertain visions" and the tragedy that ensue from one another is different in the two plays. ... Oedipus on the other hand is being utterly objective and is doing all that he can to bring the investigation to an end even though it may have disastrous consequences for him. ... Unfortunately, and i...
., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... "Is it your pleasure to hear me with all these Gathered around us? ... The revenge against the murderer of Laios is just concern for all the people to hear. ... There is too much work involved with bearing this name: "Think of this first: Would any sane man prefer Power, with all a king's anxieties, To that same power and the grace of sleep? ... - (Scene III, 105) "Whoever is chosen to govern should be obeyed "Must be obeyed, in all things, great and small."" (34-35). ...
Therefore I am drawing upon the conclusion that what becomes the center of a tragedy depends upon its time, for if Agamemnon or Oedipus the King was to be staged today (modernized) the audience would witness the violence in all its glory because we are not use to it and such violence is obscene to us. ... It's all chance, chance rules our lives. ... Take such things for shadows, nothing at all" Live, Oedipus, as if there's no tomorrow! ... Also what she says contradicts all of her beliefs and the beliefs of Oedipus. In looking closely at Oedipus the King and the violent acts ...
As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...
As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...
As a result, Oedipus killed them all, excepted on of the servant. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... After all the proofs from the messenger, the shepherd and the herdsman, it proved Oedipus was the child of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. Fate again takes away all his dream, love, and power. ...
All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... He isn't acting like a very good king, and his people aren't impressed by him. ... Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. ... No king, no matter how hard he tries, can be a perfect ruler. ... Jason brought all of this upon himself because he loved the idea of become royalty more than he loved his w...
He is thinking only as a king, and not as an uncle. ... In my opinion, this is one of the strongest indications in the play that Creon is a completely state-minded king as he not only wants to leave Polyneices body unburied; he says that He must be left unburied, a corpse for the birds and dogs to eat, a disgrace in all eyes. ... Creon is not an evil person or a bad king, he just hasnt been able to find a balance between his responsibilities towards his state and his family, which has led to him not only losing his family but also to him not being a much loved king in the eyes of the public. ...
You spent all day, sunrise to sunset, picking cotton in the fields. ... All because of the color of their skin. ... Throughout the play, Oedipus tells Jocasta many events about his past, pieces that could be put together to form the mystery puzzle and answer all the questions Thebes is asking such as, who killed the King and why? ... He wanted all the secrets and power to himself. ... Unfortunately, pride was all he had. ...
When no one stepped forward to give information or confess, Oedipus said that if anyone who is involved in the crime in any way does not step forward, they will be banished from the city and all those around the city of Thebes forever. From that point on, Oedipus began a tireless search for the murderer of king in order to save the city of Thebes; a city that he, as its ruler, held dear to his heart. Oedipus knew that is was his duty as king to be the one who avenged the murder of King Laios and cleanse the city of Thebes of its retched plague. ... At first, Oedipus accused Creon of being in...
As theatre developed, undefined rules came into practice, and the process through which a playwright produced a play as well as the distinguishing traits characteristic of a successful play became in-depth and understood by all involved parties. ... In context and in performance, the tragic heroine of Antigone is in fact Antigone, niece of King Kreon, sister of Ismene, and fiancé of Haimon. ... At the end of the play, Antigone hangs herself in her cell, Haimon stabs himself in his own misery, and King Kreon is left alone. ... She believes she can commit any act and experience no con...
In Oedipus the King, Iocasta says that Laius was slain at a place where three roads meet. ... In Oedipus the king, the crossroads is part of the distant past, dimly remembered, and Oedipus was not aware at the time that he was making a fateful decision (Murray 59). ... That mighty king, who knew the riddle's mystery, whom the entire city envied, fortune's favorite. Behold, in the event, the storm of his calamities, and, being mortal, think on that last day of death, which all must see, and speak of no man's happiness till, without sorrow, he hath passed the goal of life" (Sophoc...
At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus is highly confident, and with good reason. He has saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and becomes the king of the city virtually overnight. ... All of his life Oedipus had solved mysteries and puzzles about subject other than he. ... The decision to execute her set off a chain reaction that ended with a body count of three and one remorseful king. ... Throughout all Greek tragedies and myths, people and even Gods have attempted to evade their fate, but have never been able to do so. ...
Creon, her uncle, who has become king, represents the law. ... But it is this loyalty that makes her disloyal to her king, Creon. ... ANTIGONE: You need not be: You have yourself to consider, after all. (924) There is no moral difference between them, but their personalities are different. ... Creon believes that the king, and the laws he represents, are more important than family, "No one is above the law and king."" ... This movement toward both separation and understanding works on all the characters, Creon as much as Antigone. ...
This is most prevalent in the scene right when she hears of the three witches' prophecies of Macbeth becoming king. ... She sways Macbeth out of feeling sympathy for Duncan, mitigates his regret in killing such a great king, and entices him to take further action to maintain his power as king. ... Her soul is now so blackened that in her eyes, Macbeth is not "evil" enough to murder King Duncan. ... All of a sudden, we see a challenge of authority between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. ... It is as if she can't wait to be killed so that she can have all these privileges-to be wit...
In line 109 Oedipus claims he never saw Laios, but we all know he met him where the three roads meet and killed him there without knowing the king's identity. ... In line 141, Oedipus tells Kreon, "Whoever killed King Laios might "who knows? ... Just like before we know he killed the king, but does not know that yet. ... Humans struggle for knowledge all their lives and so does Oedipus until it destroys him. ... All of these elements, catharsis, hamartia, especially irony, and other devices, distinguish Oedipus Rex from all other tragic plays. ...
As the author explicitly states, 'admirable behavior is the path to power among all people'. ... Beowulf's defeat of Grendal earns him the respect and support from all whose lives he saved. ... As a result, he eventually serves a long and successful tenure as the king of Geatland. Beowulf's confidence, coupled with his dedication to fulfilling all of his claims, made him a loveable leader by those who followed him. ... Out with it, once and for all...You're bound to tell me..." ...
The actors - all men - wore theatricalized versions of everyday dress, but, most important, they wore larger-than-life masks, which aided visibility and indicated the nature of the character to the audience. ... Of the more than 1000 tragedies written during that century, only 31 remain, all by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. ... The Persians, presented in 472 BC, is a historical tragedy about the Battle of Salam as, the scene being laid in Persia at the court of the mother of King Xerxes I. ... In Agamemnon, one of the greatest works of dramatic literature, King Agamemnon returns h...
