Essays on Sophocles

Oedipus is a play orchestrated by Sophocles, which exemplifies Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero. Aristotle states that a tragic hero is, on the contrary, a respected figure in the society but his destruction is inevitable, "tragedy is an imitation of action of high importance, acted by means of pity...

Antigone refers to a tragedy play that was written by Sophocles. The play exposes the threats of Creon, a tyrant king whom nobody could speak about openly and freely. As such, Creon not only made a wrong but a grievous mistake of condemning Antigone, an act which he (Creon) later...

Sophocle’s Antigone is a play of expansive and lasting well known appeal. However, it is ironical that most of the play’s admirers have hardly arrived at a concurrence regarding its interpretation. This paper seeks to discuss one character in the play, Creon, who becomes the new king of Thebes following...

Beholding Oedipus after his self-mutilation, Choragos states, "[y]ou were better dead than alive and blind" (Exodos.139). Paraphrase Though Choragos is responding in regards to the physical condition of Oedipus, the statement is also an assertion on the connection between self-awareness and one's quality of life. Introduction and Claim In the play Oedipus Rex by...

Sophocles play depicts a conflict between moral and political laws Sophocles play depicts a conflict that exists even in the day today. Essentially, this conflict is in regard to moral laws and political laws that are manmade. The characters in the play Antigone clash because of these laws since each of...

In a social order, every man including those in power is limited to some boundaries beyond which one cannot cross without consequences. Antigone by Sophocles presents a society on the verge of self-destruction through sickness as a result of the transgressions of a king. The King of Thebes, Creon violates the...

scholars from antiquity acknowledging Sophocles employs a number of both small and significant dramatic innovations. One of his later innovations is the use of various pictorial props or other "scene paintings" to define the environment or location. (Segal 46). Sophocles might have increased the choir line's size from 12 to...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is a tragedy based on Athenian thought, and it is one of three Theban plays that have survived and depict Oedipus' fate. Oedipus is the King of Thebes, unaware that his throne is the fulfillment of a prophecy that occurred without his knowledge. He married Jocasta, the...