Compare and Contrast: The Downfalls of Oedipus and Othello

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October 26, 2011

 

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The two playwrights made their masterpieces during different eras; Sophocles life coincided with the Golden Age of Greek tragedy and Shakespeare worked during the Elizabethian period. Despite being born about 2,000 years apart, their works are similar in that they could both describe and make the tragic downfalls of two distinguished men come to life...
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The downfalls of Othello and Oedipus can be compared and contrasted through their pride, tragic flaws, and fate. Pride is a characteristic that generally has good connotations, but in the case of a tragic hero it only makes the downfall more tragic. Both Othello and Oedipus were very prideful men prior to their downfalls...
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