Attempting to Cheat Fate :: essays research papers

     Would it always seem rea countersignable for a winner of the Nobel Prize in literary productions to be associated with a king who murders his father and procreates with his catch? It is possible because of genius quotation by the 1921 Nobel Prize Literature winner Anatole France, that he is committed to the nonorious king Oedipus from Sophocles famous play, Oedipus Rex. It is only hu domain nature to find wisely and puzzle out foolishly (Anatole France) best exemplifies the theme in Sophocles Oedipus Rex batch cannot be cheated nor altered. It is human to try and change fate, which is a foolish act because it is impossible to do. This can be seen in many aspects of the play including the scene and characters of the fabrication and the hubris of the royal family Jocasta, Lauis and Oedipus. Within each of these components many different literary devices can be used to further explain how the theme of the story relates to the quote by Anatole France. & nbsp     A prime example can be seen in the 2nd Episode where Oedipus confesses everything to Jocasta from the prophecy to the incident when he killed a man similar to Lauis description. The parts of his monologue that best illustrate changing fate and being foolish are when Oedipus says, And so unknown to m early(a) and father I set out for Delphihe the oracle flashed before my eyeball a future great with pain, terrorI can reckon him cry, You are fated to couple with your motheryou will kill your father, the man who gave you life I heard all that and ranNow, Jocasta, I will put forward you all. Making my way toward this triple crossroad I began to see a herald, then a brace of colts drawing a wagon, and mounted on the bencha man, just as youve described himI scourge him in anger I killed them all- every mothers son This exemplifies the statement that trying to change fate is foolish because in attempting to repress his awful destiny, he kills his own father. One might argue that this is not a well thought out example because Oedipus had no judgment that one of the men he killed on the crossroads was his father. On the other hand, Oedipus did not have to kill anyone he let his anger realize him. This in turn always leads a person to tragedy. Descriptive phraseology is used to enhance the episode because in ancient Greek theatre, visual modality was the only outlet for visual depictions of the most gruesome of scenes.