Ambition In Oedipus

After analyzing the entire prompt by Robin Williams in the motion picture Dead Poets Society, the conclusion is made that this quote encourages the audience to become ambitious. However encouraging the prompt may be, it is unrealistic and encourages the audience to take no caution with their actions. Is it wise to become over ambitious? Analyzing these three texts, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Truancy by Isamu Fukui and lastly, "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, it is found that individuals who are over ambitious have certain qualities. These qualities include setting unrealistic objectives, causing others to suffer, and sacrificing themselves in the end, as their ambition gets the best of them. The protagonist of these texts all

Oedipus claws his eyes out when he finds out that he is the polluter of the land. When Oedipus find Jocasta dead with, “golden brooches, which the king snatched out/ [a]nd thrust, from full arm’s length, into his eyes” (Sophocles 69). In order to run away from his destiny Oedipus ends up being a plaything thing for the gods. He is a very ambitious individual, and when he learns that all his efforts to escape his destiny are for nothing he decides to gouge his eyes out and live a life in isolation. Due to Oedipus being an over ambitious individual, he is also an over emotional and irrational human being. He leaves his children fatherless, as he chooses to be exiled. A protagonist willing to take his own life to support his cause was also evident in Truancy, by the acts of Zyid. Zyid laying on the ground battered says, “[Tack] will take my place,’ Zyid said…[im] dying but I believe death is not unlike a long nap and I’ve not had enough sleep lately” (Fukui 426). Zyid thinks that Tack can replace him as the leader of the truants, and to fight for his and every students cause. Zyid understands that Tack can both bond with the students and build a relationship, something he can never do. So for the cause, his cause he sacrifices himself. Ruining the bond between Tack and the truants as Tack is now forced to lead, and not really given a choice. Lastly, this is exemplified in the play "Death

Analyzing these texts, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Truancy by Isamu Fukui and lastly, "death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, it is found that all the protagonist of these texts have certain qualities. These qualities include setting unrealistic objectives, causing others to suffer, and sacrificing themselves in the end, as their ambition gets the best of them. The prompt given, also encourages ambition, not just ambition but over ambition. This prompt encourages the audience to not be cautious with their lives and choices, as proven in this