Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between the two plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAoed2.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
essentially the pawn of prophecy, having no choice but to fulfill a prophecy he tried hard to avoid. Sophocles wrote what is known as the Oedipus Trilogy. The following paper
examines the relationship and significance of the first two plays, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. The paper argues that the plays demonstrate how he obtained wisdom through his
suffering and how both plays are necessary to show this. Oedipus The first play is one that essentially sets the stage for a mystery of sorts. Oedipus is
now king and he has learned that someone murdered his wifes husband He is tormented by a plague which an oracle claims will not be lifted until the murderer
of Jocastas husband is found. Oedipus is a righteous man and sets out to find out the truth, to hunt this man down, and to have him exiled so that
the plague can be lifted from his people. As the story develops, however, all the clues point to Oedipus. His friends do not wish to tell him what they
have found, but Oedipus is a noble man and insists on the truth. We eventually learn that Oedipus left his homeland long ago because he was told that he would
kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and mother were not his
birth father and mother. In essence he killed the king and married his wife. The king was his father and the kings wife his mother. We have sympathy for
Oedipus because despite the growing evidence and clues, clues that indicate he is to blame, he still insists on the truth. He is a good king who wants the plague
...