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…What is sight? Is it understanding? Knowledge? Truth? Can the sighted be blind? Can a blind man see? When the truth becomes too terrible, does one choose not to see? In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, the characters of Tiresias and Oedipus form a complete…

…and first kills Polonius, then proceeds to make love to his mother. This action is called the "Oedipus Rex Complex", which was invented by Sigmund Freud on the basis of Oedipus the epic poem by Sophocles. This theory states that all young men wish to destroy…

…her alone, sailing away to a war which lasted ten years. (Euripides Iphigeneia in Aulis 1148, Sophocles Electra 531) Plus, Clytaemnestra hears that Agamemnon is bringing back with him a concubine who was said to be a prophetess. Agamemnon and Cassandra…

…“If they only Knew” When two people have an uncompromisible difference in opinion they are forced to become enemies. Sophocles illustrates this in the tragedy Antigone through the main characters, Antigone and Creon. Antigone, King Oedipus’s…

…the answer to the city's problems. Creon is away for a long time, and he returns with Teiresias, the blind prophet. They repeat the oracles' statement: the plague will end only when Laios' murderer is discovered. Sophocles tells the events in order and finally…

…TO WHAT EXTENT IS OEDIPUS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN DOWNFALL? In the story of King Oedipus, written by Sophocles, to judge Oedipus one must look at the events in the play as they occurred and look at how Oedipus reacts and takes action according…

…Rex by Sophocles. Oedipus was king of Thebes as was his father. He was a good, just king and he saved Thebes from the Sphinx. His tragic flaw was his arrogance. He made interpretations of the Oracle’s prophecy and acted on them without consulting…

…. The Greeks followed the Karl Marx line of thinking, using religion and the Gods as an opiate for the people. In Antigone, Sophocles preaches of the greatness of the human being, and also sheds light on their view of suffering: “Only Death, and Death alone he…

…. The Story of Oedipus was originally written by Sophocles in the fifth century BC. Sigmund Freud conceived the actual idea of the "Oedipus Complex" as it pertains to society and modern literature. A definition Oedipus complex or theory states that, A boy's…

…“If they only Knew” When two people have an uncompromisible difference in opinion they are forced to become enemies. Sophocles illustrates this in the tragedy Antigone through the main characters, Antigone and Creon. Antigone, King Oedipus’s…