If Oedipus hadn't been so prideful would he have been able to stay in Thebes? If Romeo had not been so lonely would he have died? If Juliet had not been so impulsive would she still be alive? If these characters from Oedipus the King written by Sophocles, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, had not let their tragic flaw cloud their judgment, they would have been able to live long, happy lives. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus’ extreme sense of pride causes him to do many things
meant to be vulnerable. She said that “vulnerability is not weakness.” (Shame, TED.com) When applied to Oedipus, one could ask, if a vulnerability is not weakness, then why did it lead to his downfall? It’s not the just vulnerability that led to his downfall, but him avoiding it. Although Oedipus tries to evade vulnerability, it is what eventually precipitates his fall from grace. One way that Oedipus avoids vulnerability is when he tries to find the murderer of the Laios, the predecessor
to philosophy, religion and even illusory stories and myths that demonstrate the notion of happiness by a certain character. For instance, the view of happiness that is revealed by Oedipus in the story “Oedipus the king”, Plato in the “allegory of the cave” and Socrates in his apology are different. In particular, Oedipus believed that life is nothing but an illusion that is full with misery and free from happiness, Plato believed that happiness is attained through knowledge and reason while Socrates
Thebes by Eteocles and Polynices, the two sons of Oedipus, fought for the throne and both killed during the war. As predicted and cursed by Oedipus. The city was left with no emperor. When Antigone and Ismene, the two daughters of Oedipus, found out what happened to their brothers they were incredulous. Creon, their uncle and also the King declared that
“All that misery which stems from Oedipus? There’s no suffering, no shame, no ruin - not one dishonor - which I have not seen in all the troubles you and I go through” (Lines, 4-8). The downfall of the family begins with Oedipus, as he unknowingly commits his father’s murdering, goes off to marry his mother, and bornes his siblings. The city of Thebes, where the family resides is once under his power, as he is a successful ruler - rescuing it from an awful plague. However, his unpunished crimes then
Creon was born into a noble family, and became king after Oedipus was exiled from Thebes. He declared to his people, “I am next in kin to the dead, I now possess the throne and all its powers,” (Sophocles, Antigone lines 192-193). Creon has now announced his power in Thebes and this message was necessary in order
essay “ Womb Envy, Testyria and Breast castration anxiety” takes a feminist approach in disputing one of the most notorious and well know personality psychologists : Sigmund Freud. Freud’s work, including the psychosexual stages of development, the oedipus complex and penis envy make up three of the most contested areas of study for feminist psychologists. Throughout the Article, Steinem frames her critique of Freud using the argument that gender norms, roles and relations are social constructions
is powerful in this view, but more so where humans are conceited and sightless. The reason of tragedy then is to show how persons bring fate down on themselves. There is typically more than one option available, and the sad hero makes the incorrect choice, as in the case of Creon. Antigone, however, is entrapping in a legacy of fate that plague everybody in the family of Oedipus. Her destiny seems more set and less her fault, though she does brings it down on herself by rebelling against Creon. She
of childhood stages. Furnham (2015) identifies the Five Stages of this theory, namely, oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Each stage has specific erotogenic zone for the primary source of pleasure. Adult personality later in life depends on how a person dealt with each
the power men hold over them. In these stories, women always need a man to come and save the day. This, at one point in time was a relevant and realistic idea of how the world worked. Women were viewed as delicate and needed a man to take care of them. Now things have drastically changed.