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More Tragic Oedipus Or Antigone Essay Research

More Tragic; Oedipus Or Antigone? Essay, Research Paper


Sophocles was a master of tragedy, there?s no argument there. But


which of the 2 plays we?ve studied, Oedipus the King and Antigone, is the


more tragic? I believe that Oedipus the King was more intensely tragic and I


think that if I were to see a the plays ?back to back,? Oedipus would be the


more likely one to rivet true emotions from me.


I think Oedipus? cathartic value can be seen clearly when you compare


the entirety of the results in both plays. In Antigone, she loses 2 brothers,


and then a lover, and finally her life. Oedipus loses his self-confidence, his


true father, his true mother, his ?adoptive? father, his wife, his integrity, his


people, and his sight. When you weigh the two, Oedipus is obviously the


more tragic, in this one area at least.


Certainly one must see that Oedipus goes through a more cathartic


tragedy than Antigone when one looks at the circumstances under which the


tragedy falls as well. Antigone knew full well that what she was doing

was


wrong. She knew that if she buried her brother bad things would happen and


she was ready and willing to die. Oedipus on the other hand actually thought


he was doing the city some good by searching out the killer of Laius. He


thought everything was going to turn out just fine in the end, which makes


his downfall that much worse.


A point that also must be considered is hybris. Many people don?t feel


like they can relate to Oedipus because of his hybris, whereas Antigone is a


very palpable sort of character, very down to earth and a ?people?s hero? so


to speak. She is strong, and willing to die for her cause.


The presentation of imagery in the plays also creates an argument in


favor of Oedipus being the more tragic of the 2 plays. There is more


dramatic irony in the way Oedipus is written, therefore making it more


cathartic.


Both of the plays tell a great tragic story about the human spirit and


perseverance for a cause, but I feel that Oedipus is more tragic and


emotionally purgative.

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