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…control the your fate at all every choice you make, every thought you have is already predetermined. It is believed that Sophocles felt that a person had no control over the course of his life. It is argued that no matter how much freewill Oedipus had…

…lucky and others unlucky? Some believe in free will while others believe in fate or destiny. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus was a true victim of fate.         Gods and goddesses were believed to be responsible…

…to recognize her own limitations and her inferiority of being a woman.         In the Greek tragedy "Antigone", by Sophocles; Antigone learns that King Creon has refused to give a proper burial for the slain Polyneices, brother of Ismene…

…is expressed through the description of the landscape around Oedipus. The chorus reveals that Oedipus has "[impelled their] sympathies"(112) after he explained the long story of his unfortunate undoing. One of the motifs in Sophocles' Oedipus…

…The play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles may be viewed as a Greek tragic drama as it involves the downfall of a tragic hero, in this case Oedipus. This play contains all the hallmarks of a Greek drama by engaging the audience and relating them to the characters…

…(and marrying Jocasta), he is its scourge, the cause of the blight that has struck the city at the play's opening. The Sphinx's riddle echoes throughout the play, even though Sophocles never mentions the actual question she asked. Audiences would have known…

…Sophocle's tragic play Antigone, written in 441 BC, is a theatrical piece of drama in which an audience is compelled to empathize with its character's. When empathizing with characters in Antigone the audience can, in imaginative and cognitive ways…

…        In many plays a character has a misconception of his her self and/or his or her world. When this misconception is destroyed it can be a major turning point in the story. 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles is one such story. In the story Oedipus…

…In literature, as in life, justice is in the eye of the beholder. Sophocles' classic tragedy Antigone illustrates this through the story of a woman and a man who stand up for what they believe is just. Antigone takes a risk by defying Creon, the king…

…of people, so they must have the best judgment out of everyone. The same idea applies to King Creon in Sophocles’s play Antigone, who orders his men to wall up the daughter of Oedipus, Antigone, in a tomb, after he had found out that she was responsible for her…