1 PERMEATING EFFECTS OF RELIGION. When comparing the two works "Oedipus the king" by Sophocles and Henrik Ibsens "Ghosts", it is at first hard to believe that they have anything in common. But when performing a deeper study of the plays, one will find at least one common topic. The permeation in society of religion. I will in this essay thus try to show how religion permeates society in the Greek tragedy "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles and Norwegian drama "Ghosts" by Ibsen. These two works are very different due to them being written at different times and in completely different settings. The writers have dissimilar understanding of the role of God, and this is reflected in the direct communications between the gods and Oedipus, in contrast to the indirect contact between God and the society presented to the reader in "Ghosts". Still, both societies follow the rules and ....

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