Category: Oedipus Rex

  • Butterfly Impact Theory in Oedipus Rex and The Odyssey

    Argumentative Essay A butterfly flaps its wings in Chicago and a tornado occurs in Tokyo. The butterfly effect, the theory is an idea that a small change can make much bigger changes happen, that one small incident can have a big impact someday. In Greek literature, a greater part of the writing has elements of…

  • Research on Oedipus Rex: Annotated Bibliography

    Annotated Bibliography Hull, Robert. ‘Hamartia and Heroic Nobility in Oedipus Rex.’ Philosophy and Literature, vol. 17 no. 2, 1993, pp. 286-294. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/phl.1993.0047 The article is written by Robert Hull, and he argues that ones consequences are already displaced by their character flaws at the beginning of the story, as opposed to those who…