One common theme in Picasso’s “The Tragedy” and Sophocles’s “Oedipus The King” is the representation in which Picasso and Sophocles use suffering as a live mainstream to invigorate, enhance and communicate with their own audience. Suffering is referenced in “The Tragedy” when portraying three figures gathered on a nightly cool resenant beach. Picasso chose to depict forms of human loss and suffering in this painting, by choosing to emulate nature. In Sophocles “Oedipus The King”, Oedipus suffers throughout the entire work. Another common theme represented in both works is “Fate”. Fate is distressed in the painting as no one truly knows what fate the three figures that are portrayed will occur. In the play, Oedipus can’t escape his fate. No matter what Oedipus does, his future will stay consistent.
In Picasso’s “The Tragedy”, there is no true “sufferment” occuring in the painting.There is no sign of disaster on site however the manner in which the adult’s figures pose or stand without comforting one another, looking down desperately means that all is not well, making this painting a true masterpiece. The man and woman loom down in an innately familiar pose. The child seems too young to understand what is occurring and looks beseechingly towards the woman. They seem so distraught to lend any help or respond to the distraught child. Thus the calamity in this painting is subjective rather than in reference to any particular single event. Picasso’s The Tragedy attractiveness is beyond that of a pleasant scenery, and resonates the audience by revoking real empathy. Fate is also represented in the painting as the figures are portrayed, giving the audience a true sense of mystery as to what fate the figures are going to concur. The starry night, loomy beach setting, all is done on purpose by Picasso to create a luminous sense of composure, as to which the audience can guess what it’s purpose was for. The three figures depicted in the painting are eerie, distressing, and promote suffering without doing so.
In Sophocles “Oedipus The King'', sufferment is occurring mainly within the character Oedipus. Some people suffer a lot to know who they really are. Oedipus has to suffer a lot. He had to be exiled, to know who he was. He had to blind himself to know who he was. “Suffering” is a common theme that can be found in Picasso’s “The Tragedy” and Sophocles “Oedipus The King”. Fate is represented in this work when Oedipus, no matter what he does, no matter how much free will Oedipus exercises, he cannot escape his fate. He will kill his father and marry his mother because the gods said so. The Oracle is a major motif that supports the theme of fate versus free will. The oracle made predictions based on the will of the gods and provided guidance, often in cryptic terms. The oracle is discussed or consulted several times during the play. Nothing having to do with consulting the oracle is a theme of Oedipus Rex, but the oracle is a motif that recurs throughout the play and which supports the theme of the will of the gods versus free will.
In conclusion, Picasso often left visual clues on the surfaces of his paintings to suggest a hidden image underneath, as on The Tragedy of 1903. When he reworked his paintings, he most often did so directly over earlier images, neither using a "clean" side nor obliterating the abandoned attempt. Early in his career, financial constraints were certainly part of his motivation for reusing supports, but Picasso reworked paintings throughout his lifetime. His reworking was not done because he was frugal, but for Picasso the initial subject, the shape or form on the canvas, often revealed itself in a different guise as he worked on or returned to a picture, and it served as a new inspiration. In Picasso’s “The Tragedy” and Sophocles’s “Oedipus The King” both stress into the work how “Suffering” and “Fate” is involved heavily within each masterpiece. Antigone and Ismene, the daughters of Oedipus, discuss the disaster that has just befallen them. Their brothers Polynices and Eteocles have killed one another in a battle for control over Thebes. Creon now rules the city, and he has ordered that Polynices, who brought a foreign army against Thebes, not be allowed proper burial rites. Creon threatens to kill anyone who tries to bury Polynices and stations sentries over his body. Antigone, in spite of Creon’s edict and without the help of her sister Ismene, resolves to give their brother a proper burial. Soon, a nervous sentry arrives at the palace to tell Creon that, while the sentries slept, someone gave Polynices burial rites. These two common themes compare and contrast each other relatively similarly. Both works of art can be said to depict themes that repel its author’s sense of fine literature, in contrast to comparison. Â
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