Pathos refers to suffering that manages to gain sympathy from a story's reading and viewing audience. It's a good word to describe the suffering that the audience finds in 'Oedipus Rex'. One example of an element of pathos in the play is Theban Queen Jocasta's committing suicide.
Life becomes unbearable when Jocasta realizes that the killer of her first husband, Theban King Laius, is her second husband, Theban King Oedipus. It becomes even more unbearable when she realizes that her second husband is none other than her only child by her first husband. She's tainted by the heinous crimes of father and king killing, through her interactions with the killer. She's tainted by the heinous crime of incest, through her wedding and bedding with her own son. These are all horrible crimes that she never wants to commit. Yet they're all on her doorstep. The only way to face such a life is to end it, according to Jocasta's tormented spirit and tortured mind.
Another example of an element of pathos is Oedipus' self mutilation. He blinds himself once he sees himself and his life for what they really are. He thinks of himself as a model sovereign, husband and father. He finds out that he's the exact opposite. He's a model king, because he's the killer of his royal predecessor. He's a model spouse and parent, because he's the wedder and bedder of his own mother.
Still another example of an element of pathos in the play is the struggle by Jocasta, Laius, and Oedipus toavoid their horrific fates. The harder they try to escape or subvert fate, the closer they embrace their horrendous destinies. Unfortunately, each one of their actions involves poor choices and poor decisions that betray their attempts at flight from, or negation of, their fates.
That Oedipus tries to be a good king, devoted husband and caring father is the element of pathos in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, pathos refers to the poignancy, the sadness of a situation. The description fits what turns out to be true about Theban King Oedipus. For example, Oedipus cares about his people and his family. He attempts to ease his people's suffering by heading a murder investigation that ultimately tears his personal and professional life to shreds.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
That Oedipus tries to be a good king, devoted husband and caring father is the element of pathos in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, pathos refers to the poignancy, the sadness of a situation. The description fits what turns out to be true about Theban King Oedipus. For example, Oedipus cares about his people and his family. He attempts to ease his people's suffering by heading a murder investigation that ultimately tears his personal and professional life to shreds.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Oedipus Rex is part of a four part collection of plays, three tradgedies and a comedy. We do not have the Comedy but the three tradgedies are "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".
Oedipus
Sophocles, an Ancient Greek playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex.
Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
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