Oedipus is far more tragic than Prometheus‚ because he falls straight down from having a happy family to becoming a murderer of his own father and a husband of his own mother. Oedipus ruled as a kind and beloved king of Thebes‚ and who also marries Jocasta; the widow of dead King Laius. Whereas he finds out that the murderer of King Laius is he himself‚ who brings diseases as the punishments of the murderer to Thebans‚ he “angered more than ever‚ Oedipus told the old man to get out of his sight and
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Oedipus kills his father in ignorance and portrays the best way a deed of horror should be done to commit suffering and pain. The story of the birth and supposed death of Oedipus‚ however‚ is not represented through ignorance but knowingly. When Jocasta‚ the wife of Oedipus‚ explains to her husband the death of her first-born boy she says‚ “when Laius‚ its ankles pierced and pinned together‚
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it wasn’t a sin to commit suicide; he is falling apart. Hamlet is angry and upset at Gertrude because of her fast marriage to Claudius (his uncle)‚ right after the death of her husband and Hamlets father‚ Hamlet Sr. Hamlet understood and saw how much love Gertrude had for Hamlet Sr; following his body around at his funeral. Hamlet feels Gertrude’s feelings are fake at the funeral. Hamlet is also mad at Gertrude because of her frailty‚ she needs a man to meet her sexual pleasures and her standards
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The Universal Lessons of Oedipus the King Oedipus the King is a dramatic tale of a great king brought down by “fate” and the destiny of the gods. It is a story of strife over events that were out of one’s control but mainly handled in a way that only caused further destruction and heartache. There are many universal lessons to be learned by Oedipus and his tragic story; lessons that every man today could benefit from‚ such as the downfalls of arrogance and selfishness‚ the grave mistakes in being
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This paper is the rough draft version. There are grammatical errors and other such errors in it. Oedipus vs. Hamlet: A Character Comparison After reading Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ it is quiet clear that Oedipus is by far the more admirable character of the two. Aside from Oedipus’ history and life experience‚ his superior character traits are also displayed in the way he handles several incidents throughout the play. One of the primary reasons Oedipus’ is more admirable
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Ancient history Yr 11 assessment Religion played a very important part of Greek drama; the most important element underlying Greek drama was religion. It concerned the gods and was performed in honour of the gods at their particular religious festivals.1 The Greek drama began as a religious observance in honour of Dionysus. In the eyes of the Greeks‚ Dionysus embodied both spring and the vintage.2 He was a symbol to them of that power there is in man of rising out of himself
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He then joins in conference with King Claudius and he explains to Laertes that it was Hamlet who killed his father and the reason why he couldn’t charge Hamlet for it because of his mother Queen Gertrude. So King Claudius produces a plan to get rid of Hamlet but would also benefit Laertes. He would challenge Hamlet to a duel in which Laertes sword will be dipped in poison and anything such as a simple scratch with the tip of the sword would kill
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king hamlet and Gertrude. Hamlets lover Ophelia is easily persuaded by her father Polonius and her brother Laertes‚ and Hamlets two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern get by swayed by Claudius and Polonius. The influential nature of some characters is what prompted the failure or success of other characters. Family influential abilities are a key in ones‚ path to success or failure. Hamlet was lead to his failure by both his dead father‚ King Hamlet‚ and his mother Gertrude. King Hamlet came
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roles in his famous play Hamlet. The two female roles in the play are Queen Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ and Ophelia‚ Hamlet’s love and daughter of Polonius. These women are always being told what to say and do. They never speak up for themselves‚ and that creates trouble for them in the end. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark the women are manipulated by the men‚ which causes Gertrude and Ophelia to die tragically. The double standards for women in this play
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due to the poor living conditions and the breaking of the tribe by the white man" (Kramer‚ pg 4). Two examples of a person getting into trouble in Johannesburg are Absalom and Gertrude Kumalo. Absalom went in search of honest labor‚ but gave in to the temptations of making easy money by means of robbery and other crime. Gertrude on the other hand‚ went to the big city to find her husband‚ but ended up trying to raise her son alone by bootlegging liquor and selling her body for sex. The best example
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