Parable Of Oedipus

After reading this parable I found an article called “The Parable of the Prodigal Son in Christianity and Buddhism” by Ernest Valea. I focused mostly on the Christianity aspect but it had some good major ideas about what exactly the parable is saying to us as Christians or in my case a Catholics. Valea tells us that the parable shows that God in Christianity has certain expectations about us as sinners. That we have the chance to return to our father no matter how far we stray away from the path that leads us ultimately to him. He will always take us back in loving arms and celebrate our return. When Jesus professed this parable he was among many different types of people ranging from the Pharisees to tax collectors and prostitutes. He wanted to make a …show more content…
Some would have chosen Oedipus, Laius, or even Teiresias, but it was in fact Jocasta’s fault that this happened. All of her choices, from giving Oedipus away, to trying to make Oedipus avoid the truth, were choices that she could have changed to alter the outcome of the situation. Jocasta could have handled the whole situation differently and a lot of the choices she made caused the tragedies and issues between her and Oedipus. When Oedipus finally encounters the truth, he gauges his eyes out. And the chorus speaks of how destiny and denouncing pride men defy the gods. (Quote) “People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the famous riddle with his brilliance, he rose to power, a man beyond all power. Who could behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final day, count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last.” (Oedipus the King, 1678–1684) Oedipus let his flaw consume him and thus led him to this conclusion. Sophocles’ manifests in many examples how truth should not be ignored, and how one should not act