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This 4 page paper answers the question of how one gains wisdom, alone or with advisors, exampling the crises of Oedipus Rex and Job, the prophet. Quotes cited from the texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a child or to shoulder a burden, many more classical writings and scholars have denied this group activity. Many have agreed with Aeschyluss claim that for true growth to occur
one must take time to reflect, alone, and by oneself. Sophocles play, Oedipus Rex is a tale about a man who is alone in his torment over inadvertently killing
his father. In this play, Oedipus is faced with the tragic moral dilemma which is not of his own doing, for the most part. However, because he perceives his wrongdoing
as an immoral act (even though it was perpetuated in ignorance) that he must pay the ultimate price: death. This is a logical conclusion, though an unhappy one, because his
moral compass for right and wrong is established through this first dialogue. "Well, I will start afresh and once again
Make dark things clear. Right worthy the concern Of Phoebus, worthy thine too, for the dead;
I also, as is meet, will lend my aid To avenge this wrong to Thebes and to the god"(Sophocles 216).
The audience sees Oedipus to be a good and caring King, one who has a grasp of right and wrong. Oedipus is also shown to be a bit paranoid in
that the killer of Laius may also become his own enemy unless he can find him. He is shown to be empathetic to the plight of the people in his
kingdom as they suffer under a terrible plague, though he can not imagine what has brought on the tragedy. Thus, he is also shown to be somewhat of an innocent
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