You ever felt like someone was holding you back or maybe someone never wanted to see you succeed. Well in the odyssey the crew, his hubris, and the god of the sea all delayed his return home. In every episode oddysseus crew delay h is journey home his crew men never does listen to him. The men was not supposed to open the bag of wind.…
“It has all come true. – I stand revealed—born of shame, married in shame, an unnatural murderer.” (Sophocles, 69) Therefore, Oedipus provides two more qualities of a tragic hero—the reversal of destiny, and the understanding that he brought it upon…
Teiresias observed that all people make mistakes. Humans got brought on earth built to make mistakes so they can grow from their experiences. Mistakes help those at fault learn right from wrong. Denying you aren’t wrong will not help you fix your mistakes. People that display too much pride only end up harming themselves.…
A long journey out at sea with many obstacles that will push you to be the leader your crew needs you to be, would you be able to physically and mentally be able to handle that? If you're anything like Odysseus from The Odyssey by Homer then you'd be a brave, cunning, courageous leader. Odysseus was pushed to the absolute limit and some of his strengths and some of his weaknesses were amplified, like his unity with his crew, his bravery, and his pride. On a journey like this unity literally determined whether Odysseus survived or not. Even more so if since he was a leader of a crew for ten years.…
Creon was once loyal and intelligent, but once he becomes the ruler, he rules people with fear. Teiresias warns that his arrogance as a King would result in the deaths of his family members. As Teiresias has different view from him, Creon questions Teiresias’s ability and accuses him of being greedy. Creon's’ pride prevents him from listening to anyone who comes between him and power.…
Odysseus’s pride and arrogance increases the number of obstacles himself and his crew has to overcome. For instance, when Odysseus and his crew went to the land of the Cicones, Odysseus assumes that he would receive a gift of hospitality because he is the “god-like Odysseus”, even though his crew insists on leaving after stealing the food. But, Polyphemus is a disrespectful host and instead of giving a gift of hospitality, he eats six of Odysseus’s men. Odysseus’s extreme pride and selfish needs affect his loyal crew. As a result, Odysseus devises a cunning and witty plan to obliterate the insolent Cyclops, as revenge for eating his men.…
In the epic narrative, The Odyssey, Homer has created a powerful character named Odysseus. He is the noble warrior from the land of Ithaca. Odysseus has fought in the infamous Trojan War. Nevertheless, his intelligence never seems to fail him as he uses a subterfuge, the Trojan horse, to invade the land of Troy at dusk. This caught the Trojans by surprise, leading to the Greeks victory.…
In the play Antigone, Creon deals the issue of pride stemming from his decisions. The quote implies that when you’re on a bad path, it 's never too late to fix the bad. The hardest thing, is to admit that you are wrong. The point Sophocles makes is valid, due to the fact that many people make mistakes, yet few will admit to their mistakes, because of this overarching idea of pride.…
The classical Greek playwright Sophocles once wrote, “Think: all men make mistakes, / But a good man yields when he/ Knows his course is wrong, / And repairs the evil: / The only Crime is pride.” This quote means that a good person recognizes when he or she made a mistake and fixes it. When a person does not want to admit they made a mistake, because of their pride, then that is an “evil” act.…
Oedipus Rex is a chaotic play written by Sophocles that can leave quite the impression, as it takes unexpected twists and revolves around a tense atmosphere. The play takes place in Thebes, a kingdom ruled by Oedipus, who attempts to rescue his people from a gruesome plague. As cruel as it may have been, Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, did deserve his fate due to his foul, stubborn behavior and his questionable actions. Though this topic may be controversial, there is no way to overlook Oedipus’s greed, arrogance, and kill count. It is easy to pity Oedipus and what he was put through, yet he had unknowingly placed himself in these horrendous situations.…
Later, Oedipus again displays his blatant arrogance by ignoring the prophets warning of incest when “he received the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen, his mother, Jocasta.” ( Britannica). Oedipus clearly demonstrates a habit of arrogance in his decision-making and therefore, fulfilling the first prerequisite of Aristotle’s tragic…
Odysseus was an utterly prideful man that wanted more than kudos, fame, and glory in his name. His sin of pride continued to consume him to the point he insulted the gods and goddesses that he didn’t need them to win or did he ever have any aid during the war from them. These foolish acts lead the gods to establish punishments to show Odysseus how to be modest and have humility. Three significant events that resulted in Odysseus becoming humble was plundering the Land of the Cicones, going up against Polyphemus, and the attacking of Scylla and Charybdis.…
Pride, a simple word, yet a variety of meanings to different people. Pride seems to encompass our daily lives, impacting our decisions. For many pride runs their lives because they care too much about how others view them, instead of what’s right. Correspondingly, with this idea, Sophocles asserts that the only crime is pride and that we must stop our wrong and fix it. This idea by Sophocles is valid due to the fact that for various people pride runs their life and influences their decisions.…
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a work heavily focused on justice. Oedipus, as the king of Thebes, discovers that the only way he can save his beloved city and its people from a rampant plague is to seek and accordingly punish his predecessor’s killer. Oedipus is determined to find justice for the city by harshly punishing the murderer, which he is successful in, but he in turn is penalized with harsh and irreversible consequences. The most pronounce theme in the play is that human beings are relatively powerless before fate and the gods. Although Oedipus tries his entire life to do what is right, by running away from home to save his adopted parents, killing the sphinx, and chasing a murderer, he ultimately faces a horrible end caused by his…
Oedipus Rex and 21st Century World The story of Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles is a tragedy. This story reveals a lot of truths not only Oedipus has to deal with, but all of humanity. He faces a great deal of pain and suffering much like there continues to be pain and suffering in today’s society.…