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…. In the second part of the poem, Arnold uses the same method of writing, however he speaks of human history to further support the mood of the "Sea of Faith" and its "eternal sadness". Arnold writes of Sophocles, a Greek dramatist, hearing the "eternal sadness…

…Pride that Leads to Tragedy Pride can be a very pernicious quality in a person. This theme is displayed very well by Creon, a character in the book Antigone and also the tragic hero, whose pride led him to a tragic downfall. Sophocles, the author…

…the endless cycle of human despair and says that “Sophocles long ago/ Heard it on the Aegean, and brought/ into his mind that turbid ebb and flow / of human misery.” Browning and Arnold poems contradict in personality and themes, where Browning enforces possessions…

…Antigone is the tragic hero in Sophocles’ Antigone. A tragic hero is defined as a character in a tragedy that has the following qualities: superiority, downfall, tragic flaw, twist of fate, in conflict, and a self-realization of their flaw. First…

…Claudius's bad character. Like the Oedipus of Sophocles, Hamlet is a tragic hero and thus largely determines his own fate. Shakespeare portrays him as an extraordinarily complex young man—brilliant, sensitive, noble, philosophic, and reckless. He is larger than…

…Claudius's bad character. Like the Oedipus of Sophocles, Hamlet is a tragic hero and thus largely determines his own fate. Shakespeare portrays him as an extraordinarily complex young man—brilliant, sensitive, noble, philosophic, and reckless. He is larger than…

…In the play Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, Oedipus' self-destruction and fall from power leaves him as the villain and not the hero in this play. The very thing he fights so hard to discover, is what leads to his self-destruction. Oedipus is the only…

…Oedipus the King: Appetite for Destruction Of all the tragedies that Greek playwright Sophocles created in his illustrious career, the one that stands out as his masterpiece, and quite possibly one of the greatest of all the Greek tragedies is Oedipus…

….” Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is clearly shown by the main character in the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus, the protagonist in this Greek tragedy, is exemplary of Aristotle’s idea of a “tragic hero.” In Oedipus the King…

…Sophocles' Antigone presents a constant struggle between the laws of men versus the laws of the gods. Creon is so swallowed by his own pride that his viewpoint cannot be trusted. The Chorus, whose bias changes with the story, elucidates a more accurate…