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…In the never-ending battle between the ideas of individual freedom and social responsibility, individual freedom is the victor. This clash can be seen in Antigone’s trials in Sophocles’ Antigone, Emerson’s “Self Reliance”, and Thoreau’s “Civil…

…As described by Aristotle, it is essential that a genuine and effective tragedy tells the story of a person of noble stature falling from his or her greatness, resulting in an increasing of awareness or some gain of self-knowledge. Sophocles…

…Oedipus Rex. Sophocles made a play in which each of the three energia has its own flavor but still intermingles with its counterparts and this makes for a more interesting play. The only problem with the energia is that they can be very intangible and hard…

…The Blindness in Oedipus Rex In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the minor character of Tiresias is responsible for foreshadowing Oedipus’ fate, developing the theme of blindness, and also illustrating dramatic irony. Tiresias is responsible…

…the gall to show your face before the palace gates? You, plotting to kill me, kill the king-I see it all, the marauding thief himself scheming to steal my crown and power”(Sophocles 594-98). However Creon replies, “Not at all. Not if you see things calmly…

…Man is a wonder, but God is a marvel Comparison of quotes related to Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles. 1.) Fortunate is the man who has never tasted God’s vengeance. 2.) Nevertheless are the world’s wonders, but none more wonderful than man. As we…

…The struggle between right and wrong, the demands between family and that of the government, and the ultimate struggle between divine law and those made by man is the center of Sophocles’ Antigone. Through this expression of Greek drama, a sense…

…can be found in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and in Henrik Ibsen’ A Doll House. These are two drastically different stories, yet both Oedipus the King and A Doll House incorporate dramatic as a significant part of each story. The story of Oedipus is a well…

…did so she does the most selfish thing you can do, kill yourself. While alive she doesn't listen to other and is very stubborn, "You are fatally wrong! May you never learn who you are (Sophocles 57)". While she is not an antagonist in Oedipus Rex her…

…of the world was very negative and pessimistic. The second stanza remains to be very gloomy and argues that you can hear the sound of human misery from the sea. Arnold refers back to the Greek tragedy writer, Sophocles and clearly argues his opinion about how…