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1 PERMEATING EFFECTS OF RELIGION.
When comparing the two works "Oedipus the king" by Sophocles and Henrik
Ibsens "Ghosts", it is at first hard to believe that they have anything in
common. But when performing a deeper study of the plays, one will find at least
one common topic. The perme ....
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.... to their gods through oracles. The oracles were highly pious
people who were thought to have a close tie to the gods, and received
prophetess of what was going to happen in the future. In "Oedipus Rex" the
oracle most often mentioned is the oracle of Delphi, which is one of the best
know to the modern world.
During the action of the play, when Oedipus realises what he has done, he begs
the gods for forgiveness. He turns directly to them with his grief and horror,
and then stabs out his own eyes as means of punishment towards himself. In an
indirect wa ....
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