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Professor number The two plays, Oedipus and Othello, separated by a period of several centuries, shall form the subjects of study of this paper.... This paper seeks to look at the aspects of tragedy within both these plays and how the time-period between these two plays have affected the way tragedies are played out.... The social and political changes that took place during Renaissance England, to a great extent, affects the way tragedies were seen and perceived during the age in which William Shakespeare wrote his plays....
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Research Paper: How Sophocles' Oedipus exemplifies or refutes Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero.... Author Division Date Sophocles is a name that is synonymous with Greek tragedies and classic Greek Literature.... His works have been regaled, translated and re-enacted by many.... ... ... ... When on the topic of Greek literature, classic drama and literary criticism the name that automatically comes to mind is that of Aristotle who set the rules of Greek drama, tragedy and literature and defined the style of Greek drama that we know of and learn about today....
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The story forms, chronologically, the first part of The Theban Plays.... Oedipus the King Your Name Student Number Course Number Due Date Oedipus the King Oedipus the King is one of the most famous plays in the history of literature.... It was written by Sophocles and is part of the great literature that was passed down by the Greeks....
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His two main plays are some of the only surviving tragedies from ancient times, currently known as The Theban Plays.... Two plays or Tragedies have been written that deal on the aspects of guilt and the punishment accorded therewith.... Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to explore the themes of guilt and punishment as brought out in both Sophocles' Antigone and Euripides Medea plays.... Although there are many dramas and plays based on human suffering and meant to stir emotions, tragedies are unique as they relate to traditional cultures that have impacted on civilization....
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus the King are two of the most famous and important plays in the canon of English literature.... Corruption and Trust in Hamlet and Oedipus the King William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus the King are two of the most famous and important plays in the canon of English literature.... They thus are texts that require constant analysis so that different semantic possibilities are unearthed by people who are removed in time from the points in history when these plays were produced....
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(Antigone, line 738, The Theban Plays, PP146).... ========================Works Cited:1) Antigone, Sophocles/ The Theban Plays, Translated by E.... Though he wins the support of the theban elders for his actions, Teiresias, the blind prophet is warning him that Gods are with Antigone.... The message thus Sophocles gives to the theban people is to remain alert against the arrogance of their rulers....
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This paper ''The Theme of Blindness and Insight in Oedipus'' tells us that one of the major underlying themes in Sophocles' play is blindness and insight.... Within the play, the issue of blindness and insight is an efficient contrasting method for Oedipus at various points.... The word blindness in the play is somehow unclear....
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This paper ''Hamlet and King Oedipus'' tells that The two plays share some common relationship of innocence and illusion.... Both of them have protagonists that appear at the initial stages of the plays with a different identity.... The two plays focus on two kings who have to leave behind their innocence as they are being led by the truth towards being enlightened before falling.... From the beginning to the end of the two plays, it can be seen that the two protagonists have been put in isolation, and they are living in their worlds....
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