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achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...

difference between the two representations. When one is cast forward by way of determinism, it is as though one has absolutely no...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

The audience sees Oedipus to be a good and caring King, one who has a grasp of right and wrong. Oedipus is also shown to be a bit ...

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

the subtle element of inference. The extent to which Oedipus Rex can be examined from a combination of behavioral perspecti...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...

deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...

and queen of Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Thinking th...

in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

the way; at the same time, the "old man," who was watching carefully, "struck me from his carriage, / full on the head with his tw...

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

or swordfights, etc. Instead, the action here "consists in nothing other than the process of revealing, with cunning delays and ev...