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A 5 page essay that discusses Rita Dove’s 1994 play “The Darker Face of the Earth,” which mirrors many of the themes and plot devices that occur in ancient Greek play by Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” In both plays, the work of fate and destiny are evident in a manner that suggests that while the protagonists in both works are the victims of these forces, they are also agents of freewill. The fate of each man evolves with his own personal behavior and largely from the way in which he rejects the aspects the moral standards of his culture. As this suggests, even though Oedipus and Augustus are born into circumstances that are beyond their control, situations that were created by their parents, each man has freewill and the choices he makes are instrumental in bringing about his fate. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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play by Sophocles "Oedipus Rex." In both plays, the work of fate and destiny are evident in a manner that suggests that while the protagonists in both works are the
victims of these forces, they are also agents of freewill. The fate of each man evolves with his own personal behavior and largely from the way in which he rejects
the aspects the moral standards of his culture. As this suggests, even though Oedipus and Augustus are born into circumstances that are beyond their control, situations that were created
by their parents, each man has freewill and the choices he makes are instrumental in bringing about his fate. The saga of Oedipus is a morality tale that addresses
Greek cultural standards on a number of levels. First of all, Oedipus biological father, Laius, who had heard the prophecy of the Oracle, insisted that his healthy infant son should
be left to die from exposure. While some modern scholars have rationalized this act as acceptable to Greek culture, this acceptance largely encompassed the sacrifice of children born with birth
defects and girls. A healthy boy was considered to be all together different matter. Psychiatrist James Lieberman, of George Washington Universitys school of Medicine, argues that Sophocles play concentrates
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud in his famous theory, which draws
its name from the play, the Oedipal complex (Bower 248). Lieberman points out that in order for a connection to have significance there must be a human relationship. Laius was
Oedipus biological father, but they had no relationship to give this connection meaning. Lieberman points out that "Oedipus really loved his (adoptive) father" and that this relationship defines the moral
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