Oedipus the King

A tragic hero is defined as someone who makes an error in judgment that leads to their downfall. In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex, the title character fits this definition perfectly. Oedipus is born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes but is prophesied to one day kill his father…

Dramatic irony is one of the dominant literary techniques that boost up the tragic effect of Sophocles’s play, “Oedipus the King”. This type of irony in the play not only intensifies the audience’s horror about the inevitable destiny of the protagonist but also makes him a helpless but heroic victim…

Question 1: The exposition in the play Oedipus the King is a dramatic conflict, the crowd congregated in front of his palace and he supplants surrounding him, including an old Priest. On his inquiry, the Priest informs him that Thebans have been suffering, and it is the King, who had…

Greek literature, from the beginning of times, has embraced Greek mythology and the legends related to ancient Greek society. This literature is comprised of various forms, primarily poetry and Athenian dramas. The underlying plots of these Greek dramas mainly represent the elements of tragedy, rhetoric, and irony that dominate the…

Sonnet poems majorly follow two major forms chosen by the poet, Italian or English forms, or maybe a combination of both. The Italian form consists of an octave (8 line stanzas) and a sestet (6 line stanza) with the first stanza giving the theme and the second one develops that…

The Greek play’ Oedipus Rex’ by Sophocles deals with the basic questions of human destiny and how far one can alter it. Oedipus had tried to run away from the prophesied horror in his life, but the events that took place in his life makes it clear that one can…

Call him the hero or the villain in the Oedipus play by Sophocles, but the fact remains that King Oedipus is the protagonist of the play. The character of King Oedipus is something that actually flows well with the plot and theme of the play. The first impression that readers…

Introduction and thesis statement King cc, also referred with the Latin Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy where Sophocles gives the story of Oedipus, a king of Thebes who has a hereditary curse and who consequently has to suffer the terrible consequences of fate. At a time when Thebes is…

Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex deals with the tragedy of Oedipus and one understands that his tragedy was predetermined by fate. In Oedipus Rex, one finds the journey of Oedipus’s self from pride, hubris, anger, annoyance, self-disbelief and self-ignorance to self-discovery, self-realization and self-knowledge. But, unfortunately, Oedipus’ self discovery doesn’t lead…

Oedipus was too well known a character to the masses when Sophocles wrote ‘Oedipus Rex’. But what made the audience sit through and watch the play with intrigue as if they had never known the events unfolding before them? It was Sophocles’ sheer craftsmanship of employing symbols for creating irony…