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By Sophocles Oedipus Rex You have been summoned by a Greek oracle to have your future told to you…what news does she impart to you concerning your fate and your destiny? Journal Entry…Imagine “The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities”-Sophocles /quote/32970.html Insight needed… 1. Who was Sophocles? 2. What seems to be Sophocles philosophy towards tragedy itself? Tragedy refers primarily to tragic drama that emphasizes the imperfection of human beings whose suffering is brought on by a combination of human and divine actions. A tragic hero/protagonist is the recipient of this suffering who acknowledges he/she has in someway displeased/angered the gods and must make retribution for his/her actions. References http://www.google.ca/search?gs_rn=26gs_ri=psy-abcp=6gs_id=sxhr=tq=sophoclesbav=on.2,or.r_qf.bvm=bvd.cWcbiw=1366bih=594um=1ie=UTF-8hl=entbm=ischsource=ogsa=Ntab=wiei=QKIkUpTTMdOssASKtohttp://www.google.ca/search?gs_rn=26gs_ri=psy-abcp=6gs_id=sxhr=tq=sophoclesbav=on.2,or.r_qf.bvm=bvd.cWcbiw=1366bih=594um=1ie=UTF-8hl=entbm=ischsource=ogsa=Ntab=wiei=QKIkUpTTMdOssASKtoCADACADA /quote/32970.html https://www.google.ca/search?gs_rn=27gs_ri=psy-abcp=11gs_id=18xhr=tq=oracle+of+delphibav=on.2,or.r_qf.bvm=bvd.b2Ibiw=1366bih=594dpr=1um=1ie=UTF-8hl=entbm=ischsource=ogsa=Ntab=wiei=kYw_UtGwDKGQ2QWN94H4AQ Sophocles Greek Dramatist: Posthumously honored as a hero. http://www.google.ca/search?gs_rn=26gs_ri=psy-abcp=6gs_id=sxhr=tq=sophoclesbav=on.2,or.r_qf.bvm=bvd.cWcbiw=1366bih=594um=1ie=UTF-8hl=entbm=ischsource=ogsa=Ntab=wiei=QKIkUpTTMdOssASKtoCADA Sophocles: Playwright Born 496 BC Died 406 BC Athen’s Greece Parents: Sophilus Father thought to be a wealthy nobleman Grew up in town of Colonus and educated in Athens Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians w