... . This is evident through good and evil characters, sometimes the characters may even come through as good in one play and bad in the other. In "Oedipus the King," Oedipus is portrayed as a relatively bad person. He could be characterized as a very arrogant ruler. He denies even the possibility that he killed his father even ... for him and stands up for what is right. After Creon kidnaps Oedipus's daughters, Theseus dispatches his troops to bring them back. Polyneices is seen as bad. He plots war against his brother who cast him from his city. He too tries to get Oedipus to side with hi...

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... Choragos. His informal diction contrasts with the formality of Creon's speech as his thoughts tumble out, headlong. "...[I]f you let someone else get the news to Creon first, it will be [bad] for you!- But good sense won out, at least I hope it was good sense, and here I am with a story that makes no sense at all; but I'll tell it anyhow ... -the-messenger sort of way, and his descprition of an entire troop of fearless soldiers shooting dice in panic over who has to tell the king "and his own "bad luck- in losing the toss "both amuses the audience and annoys Creon (702). Finally, the sen...

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... of the tragic hero, but leave out the reversal and peripeteia. The tragic heroes in most dramas now do not have a hamartia – a tragic flaw. Most heroes just have extremely bad luck. Aristotle clearly explains that "good men ought not to be shown passing from prosperity to misfortune" (672). This type of plot does not raise pity in the audience ... he deserves it. The main job of the plot of the drama is to raise pity which can occur only if a normal person – not too good and neither too bad – experiences a downfall because of his own mistake. If tragedies now in the 21th Century f...

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... all humans are subject to pain and suffering. This quote may also mean that everyone is blind, even the greatest people, and one should not grow accustomed to good fortune. Bad luck, pain, and suffering may show up in anyone's life when they least expect it. Oedipus was blind mentally as well as physically and experienced suffering and pain. He could not ... run away from his bad fortune because he was ignorant and "blind", and it was his fate. So, the main theme is Oedipus's ability to "see" or his ignorance and willingness to "see." Throughout the ... ...

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... an incestuous relationship with her son. Throughout the play, Oedipus is searching for himself, although he doesn't know it. In line 182 of the play Oedipus states "I am a child of luck, I can not be dishonored." In actuality Oedipus is extremely unlucky. When he was a young child he followed a path that he thinks will lead him away from his horrible fate. The ... . At the beginning of the play Oedipus tries to help his predicted fate to not come true. No matter what he does his fate is inevitable. Oedipus does not have bad intentions, although he does murder his father out of pure "road...

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... is why she intentionally got caught. Antigone's family name has not been the best name to have in Thebes during the past three generations. Her grandfather was having a run of bad luck when his son, Oedipus, killed him. After Oedipus married Jocasta, his mother everything went well until Jocasta found out and did not stop sleeping with Oedipus. Horrible things happened in ... ...

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