Aristotle has written that “poetry is a higher form than history.” He qualifies that history is the story of a particular event that happens at a particular time to a particular person or group, while literature is the story of what is universal in the human experience. What timeless human […]
Week 03 Discussion
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Aristotle’s claim that poetry is a higher form than history is based on the idea that poetry is concerned with the universal human experience, while history is concerned with a particular period. One timeless human experience that can be found in Oedipus the King is the experience of grief. When […]
One of the timeless experience I found while reading Oedipus the king was his strong philosophy. At the end of the literature, when the king came to realize that he was the guilty one, he did not think of protecting himself. Rather, he requested Creon to impose the same punishment […]
A timeless human experiences or behaviors i found in Oedipus the king was that he’s truthful to his words. In the reading there was a scene was Oedipus got accused of murder and instead of assisting, he confirm and admitted that he did it Oedipus doesn’t try to save himself […]
Hi class, I think that Oedipus King deals with many topics that can be understood as timeless human struggles or qualities. If I had to mention one I would say that a recurrent theme of the text is the struggle of power, which at the end it shows to be […]
As the saying goes “what is done in the dark, will come to light”. That’s what the tragedy of Oedipus the king embodies. The timeless human experience and behaviors evident here are acts of betrayal and forgoing the elders’ warnings. Jocasta knew of the ill fate that was set out […]
From my understanding I say that Tiresias is the revelation for the king and his wife(mother) the reasons Is because even though his blind he is trying to find the truth of the king and the mother story on the king motives to be king. Tiresias shows how bad actions […]
From reading Oedipus the king the clearest timeless human experience I can find is the fear of incest. Jacosta says much the same in the play when, trying to soothe Oedipus, she tells him that many a man has dreamed of killing his father and marrying his mother. As such […]
Timeless human experiences and behaviors that I find in Oedipus the king is the need to know everything. Oedipus throughout the story has a need to know the things that the people are trying to hide him from. As king Oedipus wanted to avoid what was fated from him from […]
