oedipus comparison

oedipus in comparison to shakepearean tragedies.

sophocales and shakespeare both use foreshadowing in their plays. usually these aren't realised until after the story is finished, but i know the ending. oedipus becomes blind after he sleeps with his mother and kills his father. one example of this is in a line read by tiresias, "...but you, who have eyes, cannot see the evil in which you stand: you cannot see where you are living, not with whom you share your house." tiresias himself could also be a symbolic foreshadowing, he is blind and is seen as a traitor to thebes because he was there when laius was killed, as oedipus betrays his family. tragedies also include romance, from both authors, some of shakepeare's most notable plays are romantics. the character jocasta is introduced, she is oedipus's wife, and creon's sister. this also creates conflict among families because oedipus becomes suspicious of creaon's intentions, which is also similiar among both authors. in shakespeare's plays the chorus is usually used to show the audience something the character's don't know. sophocales uses the chorus to give advice to the characters, they could be a symbol of the character's conscience. religion is also a motif for shakespeare, sohpocales refers to the greek god's quite frequently. in today's society the "gods" would probably be a symbol of an aspect of the character's personality that could be missing.