Identification is the process known as finding oneself, or discovering the things that make up a persons personality or self. Ones origins, past present and future are the determining factors of becoming who one is. Two Known stories that use the process of exploring their inner self, through out the their stories are, Oedipus the King, as well as Dante’s story Inferno Canto . Both stories show a great depiction that portrays the effort of finding oneself. As Oedipus yearns to search for the truth about his family, what he discovers contradicts his whole life he has known as a lie. In Inferno as a dark road leads to a discovery of hell, to yet the road of heaven discovering the past through out.
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Oedipus is greatly confident in the beginning for he had saved Thebes from the curse of the sphinx (pg 672, LINES 1-64). Trough his confidence he states “Here I am myself— / you all know me, the world knows my fame: / I am Oedipus” (7–9). As the story develops, curiosity arises from Oedipus as his quest to find his identity (. Finding this murder would result in the end of the plague. The quest adds to the search for identifying himself for he wants to show his respect toward the people his characteristics of the new ruling king. Crossing the first blind prophets gives Oedipus confusion and sparking his attention (pg 674, 72-77) . This point shows the start of finding his origins for it is those that identify him. As the truth becomes unfolded, Oedipus has more and more guilt upon him …show more content…
As the disorientation in the dark forest comes about, it shows a confusions on a physical, physiological, spiritual and moral matter for Dante (Canto 1,). Dante’s approach to identify himself, is to accommodate the help from mentor Virgil. As the pilgrim takes the road of the less taken he is fearful not knowing what is ahead of him(Canto 2,). Virgil is the one that guides him to the right path of understanding himself and why things went they way he did. The approach is to show, that leading Dante through the nine circles, purgatory and finally heaven; along with accommodations of his past who have died and other influential mentors, who he looked up to. Dante’s wondering on the dark road can indicate that, alienation from god is present. All three realms of the afterlife portray god. Virgil guides him thru showing the actions of people and the consequences scattered upon them in hell as for every action is a equal. As the story continues he comes to realization that having God in his life would be beneficial to him for he was denied at times to enter certain phases of hell to depict. In the end, Dante acknowledges that God is good to have in life, and to reveal all the sins in his life for the experience he went through. Accepting God in Dante’s life was a way to identify himself that with that comes all good things and re-frainment from the
The protagonist Oedipus determination …show more content…
Oedipus is greatly confident in the beginning for he had saved Thebes from the curse of the sphinx (pg 672, LINES 1-64). Trough his confidence he states “Here I am myself— / you all know me, the world knows my fame: / I am Oedipus” (7–9). As the story develops, curiosity arises from Oedipus as his quest to find his identity (. Finding this murder would result in the end of the plague. The quest adds to the search for identifying himself for he wants to show his respect toward the people his characteristics of the new ruling king. Crossing the first blind prophets gives Oedipus confusion and sparking his attention (pg 674, 72-77) . This point shows the start of finding his origins for it is those that identify him. As the truth becomes unfolded, Oedipus has more and more guilt upon him …show more content…
As the disorientation in the dark forest comes about, it shows a confusions on a physical, physiological, spiritual and moral matter for Dante (Canto 1,). Dante’s approach to identify himself, is to accommodate the help from mentor Virgil. As the pilgrim takes the road of the less taken he is fearful not knowing what is ahead of him(Canto 2,). Virgil is the one that guides him to the right path of understanding himself and why things went they way he did. The approach is to show, that leading Dante through the nine circles, purgatory and finally heaven; along with accommodations of his past who have died and other influential mentors, who he looked up to. Dante’s wondering on the dark road can indicate that, alienation from god is present. All three realms of the afterlife portray god. Virgil guides him thru showing the actions of people and the consequences scattered upon them in hell as for every action is a equal. As the story continues he comes to realization that having God in his life would be beneficial to him for he was denied at times to enter certain phases of hell to depict. In the end, Dante acknowledges that God is good to have in life, and to reveal all the sins in his life for the experience he went through. Accepting God in Dante’s life was a way to identify himself that with that comes all good things and re-frainment from the