Eodipus_Rex

Eodipus Rex Comparing and Contrasting An Enemy of the People and Oedipus Rex An Enemy of the People and Oedipus Rex have many things that are similar as well as different. There as symbols in both plays that affect the people of the town as well as themes. There are characters with different roles in both plays that have many things in common. Symbols appear in both plays. In An Enemy of the People, The Baths are a symbol in the town. The town depends on them. People from many other towns visit The Baths. Without The Baths the town might not be as rich as it is. Many citizens work there also. Closing the Baths or something like that would affect the town economically. The plague in Oedipus Rex is affecting all the citizens of Cadmus. Unlike in An enemy of the People, the citizens of Cadmus are trying to find out who slain Laius so they can stop the plague. They are trying to find a solution to their problem. The people in An Enemy of the People have the solution in their hands but they don’t dare do anything because they are afraid. Two theme that appears in both plays are people, town, oedipus, out, baths, stockman, enemy, dr, both, one, plays, find, doesn’t, truth, rex, plague, parents, own, finds, citizens, trying, search, mayor, characters, cadmus, been, because, unlike, towns, told, thinks, things, tells, tell, teiresias, sticks