Oedipus the King



Oedipus the King

Introduction

One of the well-known plays of the world is Sophocles's Oedipus the King. This play is a eminent and mystified piece of work that has set the standard, from the time of the Classical Greeks, for a type of literature that is called as dramatic tragedy. The most common theme of the play Oedipus the King is regicide. In this play, there is a direct link and relation among the state of their kings and the state of the state.

In addition, there is also a connection and a strong association among the armed entrance of the Oedipus into the bedroom in which Jocasta dangled herself (Berg, 1988). The play shares the importance and prominence on a tragic, disastrous, and heartbreaking sarcasm or irony in the series of events that escort to the ritual and rite of catharsis. This play is the story of a man, Oedipus, who becomes the king of Thebes who was intended from the birth to kill his father naming Laius and get married with his mother Jocasta. This play is a paradigm of a archetypal tragedy, perceptibly putting light on the faults of Oedipus and how his downfall comes.

Discussion

Question No. 1

The themes that are emerging from the play are:

The Supremacy of Unwritten Law

The Enthusiasm to Overlook the Truth

The Restrictions of Free Will

The Supremacy of Unwritten Law

After captivating the throne of Thebes and overcoming the Polynices, the Creon rules that Polynices be left to decompose unhidden, his flesh must be eaten by the birds and dogs, which will create an obscenity for all the observers. In his treatment of Polynices, Creon believes that he is vindicated as the latter was an opponent of the state, was a conspirator and the defense of the state creates all life of human which includes the life of family as well as religion (Fosso, 2012). Consequently, the way of thoughts of the Creon, the excellent of the nation comes at first other than all the values and duties. However, some duties are more essential than the laws and the state as demonstrated by the following events of the play.

The Enthusiasm to Overlook the Truth

In the play, about the murder of the Laius, when both the Jocasta and Oedipus begin to get close to the truth, Oedipus closes onto an element in the expectation of the absolving himself. Jocasta speaks that she was informed that the outsiders murdered Laius but on the other hand, Oedipus recognizes that he performed without help when he murdered a man in related conditions.

Both Jocasta and Oedipus perform as however the story of the servant, previously spoken, is indisputable history. If the servant were wrong, both of them cannot face the prospect of what it would mean. In these speeches, the information is mainly proposed to make the spectators glaringly responsive of the heartbreaking satire. In addition, it also gives emphasis to the point that how frantically Jocasta and Oedipus do not wish for speaking the apparent ...