In this play we realize that man is punished for acts that may be considered immoral. .
The fate of a person still rests on the actions that he commits. If Oedipus had not killed Laius, then the oracle's decree would never have come to pass. Lined throughout the play are examples of people suffering for the actions that they committed that were immoral: the people of Thebes suffer from a plague because they have not avenged the murder of their Laius; Oedipus suffers for killing his father, and sleeping with his mother. In Oedipus' case he punishes himself by blinding himself. He does this because he knows that the acts that he committed are so horrible. .
He is unable to live with himself, seeing the results of his actions, Ismene and Antigone. Oedipus blinds himself, so that he would not have to see the products of his terrible deed, his daughters [1272-1276]. Oedipus might be physically blind only at the end of the play, but from the beginning of the play he is unable to see what his future holds for him. Jocasta infers in her speech that Oedipus, just like most other men, is blind when it comes to his future. .
Jocasta states that because man does not determine his own future; he can not control the events that will affect his future. He is subject to what fate determines for him. This is evident in the fact that even though Oedipus knew from the oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He was still unable to predict that Polybus was not his father, and that Laius was. Oedipus thought he knew exactly how to escape the oracle, but in the end he lost. .
The people who he thought were his parents were not really his parents, and the man that he killed was really a king, and his father. Nothing is clear for him at this moment. Towards the end of the play everything does become apparent to him, but he can only see what had occurred in the past, and not the future. It is ironic that the only person within the play that was able to see the future was a blind man.
In ancient Greek mythology, a man's fate was determined by the three fates, past, present and future. ... In Norse mythology, the Fates were young women and very beautiful. ... Is the pattern of the loom known to the Fates? ... He was born a generation too soon and therefore the Fates don't know what to do with him. ...
In many of William Shakespeare's works, it is evident that Shakespeare is alluding the lack of intelligence and weakness of women. ... Their actions and fates are greatly influenced by the men's decisions and are led by the men in their lives, which gives them a weak image. Women in the Elizabethan era were reliant on men to make their decisions as they were oppressed and disregarded in society. ... For instance, Claudius shows his fictitious love for Hamlet in front of the Queen when he states, "This mad young man. ... " ("Rights of Women" 1). ...
One is the brutal and unfair treatment of Japan society on women at the time. ... Again, the Western influence gives women a higher educational opportunity. ... Among many sympathetic politicians and intellectuals for women at the time, director Mizoguchi Kenji and his Sisters of the Gion describe poor, inactive fates of Japanese women at the early 1900s. ... Her actions impact on the young gentle shop clerk Kimura. ... This message then invoked the self-respect within women class; it encourages women to stand up and to control over their own lives. ...
Women in Disguise Emily In 1863, at age 19, a woman known only as Emily, ran away from home and joined the drum corps of a Michigan Regiment. ... I expect to deliver my country but the fates would not have it so. ... Two other women who served as nurses during the Civil war were Miss Mary A. ... Young and Mrs. ... Miss Young, the sister of Captain James Young of the 60th NY Volunteers, reportedly died of the fever "at her post in Annapolis, MD- along with fellow nurse Miss R. ...
Response There are many major themes in the novel "Wuthering Heights," but revenge is one of the most obvious; leading the protagonists to their dismal fates. ... Heathcliff, haunted by the ghost of Catherine , is still motivated by the need for revenge and tries to get young Cathy away from Edgar by having her marry his son, Linton. ... When Celie decides not only to wear pants, but to start a successful business in making pants for both men and women, she has become freed from gender stereotypes and is therefore taking revenge on the society that told her it was not possible. ...
This fact leads her to one of two fates. ... What sets southern white women apart from all these other women is that fact that they couldn't even discuss sex in a group of their peers. These women were fully aware that they were expected to remain pure. ... Primarily, women were expected to have children. ... Also, because so many men had died, many widows had to work outside the home to support themselves and their families, and thousands of young women would never marry. ...
This goes with the interpretation of the witches playing the part of the fates. ... The thought of a thread-sewing spirit is more potent to the Japanese mind than old women making stew. ... Wells" Macbeth was young, but he and Banquo almost seemed Mongolian to me. ... She was young and attractive. Polanski's Lady Macbeth, while also young and attractive, was not as dark. ...
Her Tale however is not just unique because it is narrated by a women it has many undeniable qualities. ... Her prologue is narrated almost in the form of a sermon, which is ironic as women, especially sexually active women, couldn't preach. ... His is the only version in which the hero opens the Tale by raping a woman, the heroine is an ugly old women and it is a court of powerful women who decide the Knights fate. ... Alisouns tale is so wonderful because it effectively condemns a Knights rape of a young woman by insisting that the knight must submit to the authority of a woman by...
Atlas became their leader in battle and it looked for some time as though they would win and put the young gods down. ... Of his 54 comedies, only 11 have survived: the Acharnians, the Birds (generally regarded as his masterpiece), the Clouds, the Ecclesiazusae (the women in politics), the Frogs, the Knights, Lysistrata , Peace, Plutus (his last play), the Thesmophorizusae and the Wasps Euripides One of the three greatest tragic playwrights, Euripides is most known for introducing the "apo mihanis theo" (deus ex machina, a god from the machine). ... Of the more than 90 plays credited to Eu...
