A Comparison Of The Play In Sophocles Oedipus The King?

Introduction The Greek literature is the most famous and unique literature around the globe. The uniqueness of Greek literature becomes obvious due to the imaginative ideas which nets out a play that gathers moral behaviours and religious aspects, and has all elements of an excellent play. Greeks put their stamps in many parts in literature; however, their obvious stamps were in writing poetry and drama which, in my opinion, haven’t been equaled or surpassed until this day. In the past, Greeks wrote masterpieces which then became an inspiration and an influence to a lot of writers and readers around the world. Furthermore, tragedies took big part of their culture which were created out of songs and performed at an open air theatre for

The play of Oedipus the King is one of the famous plays from the ancient Greek which underscores the link between Gods’ traditions and drama (Eric, 2015). To illustrate this, Greek culture was in a straight bond with their religion which was shown in the use of the Gods and Goddesses in their dramas. Moreover, the protagonist has to have a flaw which becomes a downfall by the end of the play. In other words, the protagonist has a feature that turns out to be, at the end of the play, the flaw that will draw the protagonist’s life to death or exile. This term paper discusses three important argument which are: is Polybus tyrant or democrat? Is Oedipus a foresight or a blind? And is Oedipus is a child of fortune or

Many claims say that Oedipus is considered a blind from seeing the truth which was laying in front of him; and that is shown throughout his journey to Delphi and Thebes to prove his identity [End Page 430]. Kane (1982) and Diano (1952) supported this claim because they think that Oedipus’ knowledge of the basis of a logical and clear argument blinded him. To illustrate more, both critics pointed to an example from a scene when Oedipus pronounces that the shepherd honesty will not affect his status which it did eventually and that proves that Oedipus is blind from seeing the reality. However, this claim is not completely valid because even though the claims accuse Oedipus of being blind from seeing the truth, many other writers say that he is a aware of the truth but he is in denial. To illustrate this, audience can see the play from two perspectives; a perspective that mirrors the miserable journey of exile and suffer and a perspective that mirrors the heroic journey of the young man who sets the land for free from the plague. The frequent use of eyes, sight, light and perception shows the contradiction that Oedipus is dealing with and how Oedipus is wise but in denial. For example, Teiresias cries, "have you eyes, and do not see your own damnation? Eyes, And cannot see what company you keep?” For illustration, Oedipus status might be