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…. The poet believes that the noise of the sea , can bring in the ' flow // Of human misery'. This is what he claims happened to Sophocles. This analogy is perhaps what also happened to the poets life. The calm see turned into a continual waring swash in his soul…

…describing the history of Sophocle's idea of the "Aegean's turbid ebb and flow". The sea is starting to become rougher and agitated. Also the mention of "human misery" implies that life begins and ends, but it can still be full of happiness, and unfortunately…

…an empire, that built the Parthenon, that gave a stage to Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, and that laid the foundations of western rational and critical thought. The democratic system was not, of course, without internal critics, and when…

…<Tab/>Antigone and Creon, from "Antigone" by Sophocles, encounter a philosophical war based on their moral views. A conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions disagreed with each other. Antigone's side of the conflict…

…In the play Antigone, Sophocles demonstrates that rigidity of one's own convictions can create terrible outcomes. Creon and Antigone represent a conflict between religion and state. Both characters have flaws that prevent peace between these two social…

…, Sophocles, Plato, to inspect their thoughts in detail, and to understand their contradicted ideas- dreams of the future. Such account of acquaintance, enhanced with the facts of history, is an "Enchantment." This sophisticated "figure" may be dear to the narrator…

…In the Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles is able to generate the interest of the audience through a new interpretation of the classic myth, and the use of poetic language and dramatic irony. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows certain…

…Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" is the epitome of Greek tragedy. The play displays a kingly character, Oedipus, who through his character flaw meets his catastrophic fate. The story relates everything a Greek tragedy should have, but it leaves many pieces…

…more of the poets analogy. The poet believes that the noise of the sea , can bring in the ' flow // Of human misery'. This is what he claims happened to Sophocles. This analogy is perhaps what also happened to the poets life. The calm see turned…

…Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus is a tragic play that discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. In Greek mythology, oracles or gods are rarely wrong in their predictions of the future. Yet Oedipus still…