Comparison Essay Between Oedipus the King and Death of a...

Mohannad Zawi October 31st, 2011. You Should Probably Learn To Not Let Your Emotions Get The Best Of You There goes an old saying, â€Å"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.† Well, it seems that some people work with almost too much pride. In order to consider the extent to which pride applies to Sophocles Oedipus The King and Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman, consider the following: Oedipus and Willy both take extreme pride in their professions, their pride blinds them from seeing the truth of their situations, and their pride ultimately leads to their own demise/downfall, all of these invoking pity. There are many ways that pride can be attributed to pity just from the situations of these characters. From these extreme†¦show more content†¦Oedipus: If I must question thee again, thourt lost.† Oedipus’s pride insistence makes him blind to the fact that people are telling him not to dig any deeper, as we know hell soon not like what he finds out. â€Å"Howard: This is n o time for false pride Willy. You go to your sons and tell them that you’re tired. You’ve got two great boys, haven’t you? Willy: Oh, no question, no question, but in the mean time...† Howard understands that Willy is using his pride to shield himself from the dangers of reality. If Willy hasnt used his false pride all the time, hed be able to live and get by. Willy and Oedipus are both blind to the truth and the realization of their situations, for if they werent so blind, their predicaments could be completely different. However, their blindness leads us to feel pity for them as we are able to see their faults and where they have done wrong. Their pride ultimately leads to their own downfall, which attributes to pity. â€Å"To wit I should defile my mothers bed and raise up seed too loathsome to behold, and slay the father from whose loins I sprang.† Oedipus, with the help of his pride, keeps digging himself deeper into a hole of self-regret. This is the true cause of his downfall. â€Å"I got a job, I told you that. [After a slight pause] What the hell are you offering me a job for?† When Willy is offered a job by Willy, Willy feels as if his pride was attacked. This was a job that Willy could have had to help with his moneyShow MoreRelatedQuest For Literary Form : The Greeks Believed That The Tragedy1742 Words   |  7 PagesAristotelian concept of tragedy. Among these dramatists was Arthur Miller, who advocates the modern concept of tragedy. (Miller, Pp. 1831) In his essay, â€Å"Tragedy and the Common man† Miller propounded his ideas contrary to the traditional tragedy concept. (Miller, Pp. 1831) He explained reasons for publishing â€Å"Death of a Salesman† and claimed that he instilled his character with a combination of feelings and experiences such as grief, unhappiness and little heroic acts. He representedRead More Willy Loman as Tragic Hero of Death of a Salesman Essay1519 Words   |  7 PagesWilly Loman as Tragic Hero of Death of a Salesman       Willy Loman, the title character of the play, Death of Salesman, exhibits all the characteristics of a modern tragic hero. This essay will support this thesis by drawing on examples from Medea by Euripedes, Poetics by Aristotle, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, and Shakespeares Julius Caesar, while comments by Moss, Gordon, and Nourse reinforce the thesis.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Death of Salesman, by Arthur Miller, fits the characteristics of classicRead MoreEssay Prompts4057 Words   |  17 PagesBarthes’ Observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary. You may select a work from the list below or another novel or play of comparable literary merit. Alias Grace Middlemarch All the King’s Men Moby-Dick Candide Obasan Death of a Salesman Oedipus Rex Doctor Faustus Read MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesSUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 24 Diagnostic Survey and Exercises 24 Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS) 24 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 28 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 30 SCORING KEY AND COMPARISON DATA 42 Personal Assessment of Management Skills 42 Scoring Key 42 Comparison Data 42 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 43 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 43 PART I 1 PERSONAL SKILLS 44 45 DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS SKILL ASSESSMENT 46 Diagnostic Surveys for