Oedipus tyrannus
Text-Based Argument #1: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is a story in which a city (Thebes) and its people have a problem and ask their King (Oedipus) to solve the problems, which face them, and get life back to normal. The people in Thebes (like many people when they have problems they can't solve) go to outside sources of help to try to correct their problems. These outside sources go from other cities, prophets, messengers, and Shepard's, in this case. People Oedipus calls and sends for from outside the city of Thebes help to piece together the facts to find the solution to the cities problems and expose (to every ones surprise) the unexpected answer. The outside influences, along with the knowledge of the people of Thebes, are all important to finding the resolution to the problems that are facing the city. The characters who live in the city of Thebes are the people who have a problem that they cannot solve on their own. In solving those problems, the characters within the city of Thebes play just as much of a roll in solving them as do the characters from outside the city. Although the characters such as Teiresias, the messenger, and the shepherd all brought information to Oedipus and t
Also Polybus, the father that Oedipus knew, died half way through the story and never spoke a single line in the play. Some of the relationships that the characters have are family related and those relationships can sometimes conflict. The relationship that Oedipus and the Shepherd had is one where the Shepard has information that Oedipus wants. One of these characters is Laius who is the real father of Oedipus, but Laius was killed before the story began and because of that fact never spoke a word in the play. In Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus all the characters within the city of Thebes play some sort of roll in the final outcome of the story whether large or small. In Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus was the main character and was the King of the suppliants and the one who had saved the people from such things as the Sphinx. After Creon went to the Oracle Oedipus with the agreement of the chorus sought out Teiresias, the blind seer, who was a knowledgeable man from outside the city. Some characters such as Creon and Oedipus have a love then hate relationship because of accusations and mistrust. The characters have to cooperate to come up with a solution. After the current problems of the city of Thebes are solved the relationships between all the characters change and new relationships form between different people. These characters are looked at as the common people in the Village of Thebes, the messengers (even though the messengers bring important information), and also the old men of Thebes. These suppliants were called upon by Oedipus to bring forth any information that could be of help in finding the answer to the city of Thebes' problems. One example of how a family based relationship can be conflicting is the relationship between Iocasta and Oedipus. The relationships that the characters have with each other can get confusing and complicated.
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