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…The True Tragic Hero In Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex, every reader is riding a roller coaster of his life. Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is one person who goes through five stages which in Sophocles' play the main character Oedipus does…

…. Literature has come a long way from the Classical World since its development by many authors and playwrights of this time period. Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, affected prose and poetry through his writing of Homeric poems. Sophocles, a playwright…

…of Genesis as well as in Sophocles? Oedipus the King. The are many differences and similarities between The Book of Genesis and Sophocles? Oedipus the King. The most common similarity between Genesis and Oedipus is that divine justice affects the individual who…

…<Tab/>Sophocles, the great Greek tragedian wrote the tragedy Antigone. In the play he uses universal themes, themes the audience knows and can relate to. These universal themes, loyalty to family, to state and to the God's cause…

…The concept of sight is one of the major motifs throughout Sophocles' play Oedipus the King. The play revolves primarily around series of events caused by many people's insight or lack there of. Oedipus does not see that he is caught up in a web…

…as Sophocles wrote the story "Oedipus the King" based on a tragic Greek hero who would mock the Greek's perception of man's role in the universe, and Sophocles has given this ridiculer of the Greek's perception the name of Oedipus. Oedipus is a derivative…

…The Women Characters of Antigone By: Anonymous Antigone by Sophocles is one of the most distinguished pieces of theatrical work that reflects upon Greek mythology and culture. Antigone has several themes and circumstantial settings that can…

…“Civil Law vs. Moral law” In Sophocles’ play “Antigone”, Antigone’s life is taken from her because of her choice to follow the moral law by burying her brother and disobeying the civil law, which forbid this. According to the gods everyone…

…AJAX by Sophocles translated by R. C. Trevelyan CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ATHENA ODYSSEUS AJAX CHORUS OF SALAMINIANS TECMESSA, concubine of AJAX…

…Antigone: Divine Law vs. Human Law Sophocles’ Antigone is probably one of the best examples of a tragic drama. The two main characters of the play are Antigone and Creon. There is a lot conflict between Antigone and Creon throughout the play. Both…