Oedipus the King was written by Sophocles, who was famous drama writers in ancient Athens in fifth century B.C.E. Sophocles held the idea of the unity and close relationship of society and the governor of the state. He described Oedipus as a king who feels responsibility for his people’s future, for homeland and he is ready to find a resolution that can help to stop the plaque in Thebes. Sophocles tries to show the human desire to control their own life by their own accord. Sophocles believed, even though a person cannot avoid the troubles “predicted by the gods”, but the cause of these problems is the nature of the person, which is shown by the person’s actions.
Oedipus, who tries to find a reason why Thebes suffers from a plaque, after dialog …show more content…
Reason it out, as I have done. Think of this first: Would any sane man prefer Power, with all a king’s anxieties, To that same power and the grace of sleep? Certainly not I. (lines 550-554)
He has everything that he wants, and the same status as Oedipus has, he is the brother of Oedipus’s wife, but he does not want to rule, the throne will only bring him additional problems. He is honest and he says what he means. He seems having more wisdom, and composure than Oedipus has, and these characteristics that Oedipus needs to have in orders to escape all his faults. Oedipus does not want to hear or to see the truth, he prefers to be blind and deaf, and at the end he would like to kill Creon.
Creon: And you want-what is it, then? To banish me?
Oedipus: No, not exile. It is your death I want, So that all the world may see what treason means. (lines 589-590)
Oedipus does not have proof that his accusations are based on truth, he does not have enough wisdom, and that makes him weak. He judges so quickly and that attitude built a danger situation, when he is the ruler who supposed to show his justice, in front of many people, who came to
Oedipus, who tries to find a reason why Thebes suffers from a plaque, after dialog …show more content…
Reason it out, as I have done. Think of this first: Would any sane man prefer Power, with all a king’s anxieties, To that same power and the grace of sleep? Certainly not I. (lines 550-554)
He has everything that he wants, and the same status as Oedipus has, he is the brother of Oedipus’s wife, but he does not want to rule, the throne will only bring him additional problems. He is honest and he says what he means. He seems having more wisdom, and composure than Oedipus has, and these characteristics that Oedipus needs to have in orders to escape all his faults. Oedipus does not want to hear or to see the truth, he prefers to be blind and deaf, and at the end he would like to kill Creon.
Creon: And you want-what is it, then? To banish me?
Oedipus: No, not exile. It is your death I want, So that all the world may see what treason means. (lines 589-590)
Oedipus does not have proof that his accusations are based on truth, he does not have enough wisdom, and that makes him weak. He judges so quickly and that attitude built a danger situation, when he is the ruler who supposed to show his justice, in front of many people, who came to