A tragic hero is a character of an honorable stature and has greatness for all. Oedipus the king is a story of a man who marries his mother and kills his father. This story is a classic Greek play. At the time the Greeks were told that their god was the oversaw of everyone everything that they do. In the play, Oedipus the King, Oedipus is the typical tragic hero. “For Aristotle, Sophocles' play featured the ideal tragic hero in Oedipus, a man of "great repute and good fortune," whose fall, coming from his horrifying discovery that he has killed his father and married his mother, is masterfully arranged to elicit tragedy's proper cathartic mixture of pity and terror. The play's relentless exploration of human nature, destiny, and suffering
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However, when Oedipus found out that someone knows the truth about where he came from. He was very determined to find out the absolute truth about his life. The definition of Determination is the process of establishing something exactly. The particular actions that we see in the play that can represent determination are when Oedipus was forcing Teiresias to acknowledge his father name and Teiresias was trying to slowly give him the information but Oedipus was not trying to hear that. But Oedipus brought his on downfall to himself because he was so determined to find the killer of King Laius. Determination takes pride, ambition, desire, and strength. To me, Oedipus determination fits this part of being a tragic hero. People that can have the ability to do something should always take the action to put determination …show more content…
For one thing, the true tragedy of Oedipus the king life was that his fate was apparently predetermined for him he did not know that he was the one who killed his father. In fact, Oedipus had no control over his own fate. His fate was determined before he was even born. In the play, there are three examples of fate. The first example is when Oedipus get saved after being left for die and had to escape to his destiny. The second example of his fate was when he murdered his father and did not know that was his father. The third example of his fate was when he married his own mother without know who she was. After learning about the different types of fates in the play I believe that this fit Oedipus the king as being a true tragic
However, when Oedipus found out that someone knows the truth about where he came from. He was very determined to find out the absolute truth about his life. The definition of Determination is the process of establishing something exactly. The particular actions that we see in the play that can represent determination are when Oedipus was forcing Teiresias to acknowledge his father name and Teiresias was trying to slowly give him the information but Oedipus was not trying to hear that. But Oedipus brought his on downfall to himself because he was so determined to find the killer of King Laius. Determination takes pride, ambition, desire, and strength. To me, Oedipus determination fits this part of being a tragic hero. People that can have the ability to do something should always take the action to put determination …show more content…
For one thing, the true tragedy of Oedipus the king life was that his fate was apparently predetermined for him he did not know that he was the one who killed his father. In fact, Oedipus had no control over his own fate. His fate was determined before he was even born. In the play, there are three examples of fate. The first example is when Oedipus get saved after being left for die and had to escape to his destiny. The second example of his fate was when he murdered his father and did not know that was his father. The third example of his fate was when he married his own mother without know who she was. After learning about the different types of fates in the play I believe that this fit Oedipus the king as being a true tragic