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Divine Right of kings in Oedipus and modern society

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March 20, 2011

 

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Today, this concept is reemerging in contemporary American politics through the presidency of George W. Bush. The divine right of kings can be defined as the right to rule derived directly from God, rather than through the consent of the people. Many historians concede that the concept of the divine right of kings first appeared in the Greek drama Oedipus Tyrannous...
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The priest proclaims, "I and these children; not as deeming thee/ A new divinity, but the first of men;/ First in the common accidents of life, / And first in visitations of the Gods" (Sophocles 2). The priest goes on to request Oedipus' help when he says, "And now, O Oedipus, our peerless king, / All we thy votaries beseech thee, find/ Some succor, whether by a voice from heaven/ Whispered, or haply known by human wit" (4)...
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