Direction: Choose one of the following topic for your Drama Essay <Oedipus the King> 1. What causes the downfall of Oedipus? Is he simply a pawn in a pre-determined game played by the gods, or does he create his own destiny? (fate vs freewill) 2. Trace the images of vision and blindness throughout the play. How do these images create […]
Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy vs. Oedipus the King: Aristotle wrote The Poetics long after the deaths of the three great tragic dramatists of the fifth century B.C. In addition, Aristotle’s view of the tragic character, as one who “falls by some mistake” is, in most cases, not easily applicable to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. How far does […]
Sophoclles’s play Oedipus The King translated by Robert Fagles: the research paper must involve research involving reference to at least one of the following 1. Literary criticism 2. Historical information 3. Biographical information 4. Another work of literature the research project must have a thesis statement! The research project must have thesis driven arguments. This means that every argument and […]
