... whole investigation, his determination triggers his perseverance and thereafter motivates him to continue this difficult process which lacks witnesses' cooperation and clues. As indicated by his assertive claim, "Now I am here. I will begin the search again, I will reveal the truth, expose everything, let it all be seen" (160-162), his determination is so firm that it reassures the Thebans ... lead to others" (145). With this belief, Oedipus is informed that "Laios was killed on the way to Delphi" (140-141) and the prophet Teiresias is then brought to Oedipus. Teiresias's reluctance cha...

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... things that we now say are an act of mother nature. It may seem rather foolish to us when we study their beliefs and compare them to modern day beliefs. I am sure the Greeks would have considered us to be heathens and put us to death for our ways and beliefs. I think Antigone thought her act was courageous and valid. I myself ... remain a silent partner, Antigone refuses to let her help because she wants to be known for what she has done. Ismene seems to have a change of heart when she is brought to the king. She sees that Antigone is caught and decides to take part of the blame for wha...

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... important qualities: goodness, superiority, a tragic flaw, and a tragic realization at the end. Sophacles demonstrated all these qualities numerous times throughout the play. In the following you will see how Sophacles brought about a very real and identifiable tragic hero. One of the first most major aspects that shows Oedipus as a tragic hero is his goodness throughout the play. Oedipus was a good person ... to nothing and he knows all he has ever encountered has been tainted. His pain in this realization is shown when he shouts above all: Oh, Ohhh- the agony! I am agony- where am I g...

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... . His running from Corinth proved that his life was pre-determined by fate and nothing could be done to change it. His free will and choice to avoid fate actually brought him closer. Oedipus believes Apollo's words about his future and leaves Corinth in hopes to change the future, but Sophocles shows how trying to outsmart fate will only lead one ... makes his own decisions, cannot stray from fate even with knowing the outcome. He asks, "Why wouldn't a man of judgement say-and wouldn't he be right-some savage power has brought this down upon my head?" Here, Oedipus says that he is a free...

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... them all on us, -grief upon grief, humiliation upon humiliation"(1042). This just shows how terrible fate has treated the family of Oedipus. Creon has a different fate, one that he brought upon himself but it is much more dour than anyone else's. Creon's fate was to lose all of all of his family and the rest of his life knowing it ... admit to anyone that maybe he was wrong. Even when he has Antigone he has too much pride to let her go. Creon's own son questions him and he replies, "Am I to stand here and be lectured to by a kid? A man of my experience"(1063)!Creon shows that here he is...

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... 's individualism is related to the good of the community. Ismene is the first one to realize she is wrong to not be on Antigone's side, saying, "But in your troubles I am not ashamed to sail with you the sea of suffering"(594-595). The Chorus is the next part of the community to come to this realization. After Teiresias, the blind ... seems to be a hero in the sense that she changes a whole community's views on the law, due to the effect her individualism had on the community. Although much death was brought about in the play, Antigone, in this case it seems that Antigone's individualism...

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... received among the dead! I could wish them no fuller measure of evil than they, on their part, mete wrongfully to me."" (Oates/ O'Neill, 218-219) "Unwept, unfriended, without marriage-song, I am led forth in my sorrow on this journey that can be delayed no more."" (Oates/ O'Neill, 218) Within these two quotes, Antigone expresses the essence of the bridal imagery in ... he made. Though the bridal imagery is somewhat indirect through the death of Haemon, it is still present in many ways. The impact of the bridal image is most obviously brought to Creon's attention resulting from where his...

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... , by Creon, who doesn't want to look like a cruel king. "There is nothing tyrannical about my nature, and by showing mercy I have often been the loser. Even now I know that I am making a mistake," he says (Euripides, The Medea, 332-330). A king must worry about appearances, and Creon is forced to make a poor decision so that he doesn't appear to lack concern ... then kills her own children, only to cause Jason more pain. The people are left without a ruler, and Jason has lost both his family and his aspirations of greatness. Jason brought all of this upon himself because he loved the ide...

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... the particular family circle and into the lives of the reader, it broaches the questions that trouble every human being: social status, honor, recognition, and success. When the audience is brought to feel what Willy Loman feels, the play expands its vision and moves from the specific toward the fate of man. Gradually, the audience members become Willy Loman, and his ... me. CREON: I should have done that before now "only, god's will had not been wholly revealed to me. OEDIPUS: But his command is plain: the parricide must be destroyed. I am that evil man- (Sophocles 1126) Miller's work ...

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... he is the son of Laios in actuality. Another example of this is in line 919, where Oedipus says, "Kill my own father; but he is dead and buried, and I am here "I never touched him never."" Yes, his father is dead and buried, but not Polybos, Laios, and it was his touch that put him there. Later when discovering the ... asks, "How could I not be glad to know my birth?- in line 1028. The audience knows that in the end he will dread the day of his birth for it brought suffering to all. Irony of situation is found through out the whole play. It is ironic that Oedipus is both the husband and...

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