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A 6 page paper which examines how this tragedy is an example of ancient Greek social values (such as political, spiritual, concepts of family and the individual) and considers what is learned about this society from the play. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the intellectual and ideological blueprint for modern democratic societies and its values systems were rigidly structured and citizens were expected to live within their morally defined parameters. Anyone who,
for whatever, reason, was unable to do so, was ostracized from the close-knit, familial society, destined to remain forever an exile without a land or a people to call his
own. The plays of Sophocles have been heralded as the most reflective of ancient Greek culture and society because his tragedies probed deeply into their moral foundation and thoughtfully
pondered the consequences of the citizens collective motto, "nothing in excess" (Greer 64). His most compelling play, Oedipus Rex (also known by the title Oedipus the King) considers a
myth, with which his audiences were already well familiar, that of King Oedipus of Thebes who has unknowingly committed the cardinal sins of killing his father, marrying his mother Jocasta
and procreating with her. However, it is the way in which the story is told that provides contemporary readers with a great deal of insight into the citizens of
ancient Greece and the social values (political, spiritual, concepts of family and the individual) by which they lived. Ancient Greece was an extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the
democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his political responsibility more seriously than Oedipus, who valued his role as leader of the citizens of Thebes more than
any other. Laws were based on moral precepts and any person who violated these laws expected serious repercussions. When a deadly plague struck Thebes with a violent intensity,
no one took the suffering more to heart than Oedipus, who lamented to his brother-in-law and most trusted advisor, Creon, "The sorrows of my people here mean more to me
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