Posted by me on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 9:55pm.
Definitions of "epic":
http://www.answers.com/epic
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/Literary.Terms.html#Epic
Gilgamesh:
http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM
Odyssey:
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/
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Oedipus is a typical tragic hero in that he is a high-placed person who in many ways brings about his own downfall. The play itself, with its shockingly violent yet logical climax, provides the catharsis (literally "purging" through pity and terror) which Aristotle defined as the essence of tragedy. Also, order is restored at the end, as is usual in tragedy.
Am I on the right track?
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