Examples Of Injustice In Sophocles Oedipus Rex

Authors, or poets, as the ancient Greeks called them, introduce us to many types of people-- some admirable, some contemptible, some pitiable, and some combination of these. Plato’s Socrates wanted to ban the poets from society, for fear that the actions of their heroes may serve as poor models for the audience. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and George Orwell’s Animal Farm we observe characters whose examples justify Plato’s fear. In the decisions of Oedipus Rex and Boxer, the audience might be misled to believe that injustice is more profitable than justice.

The problem with stories in the ancient times was that they portrayed unjust people as being rich and profitable while the just were extremely, poor. A useful example of this kind of story is the story of Hercules. In this story, Hercules performs many impossible labors, based on his …show more content…
The setting of the story is a farm in England where the animal’s “ lives are miserable, laborious, and short.” So the animals decide to fight back and take over the farm. The succeed and the pigs become the leaders of the farm, as a result of their intelligence. The pigs write laws on the barn door, and everything starts out great. Then the power of running the farm, turns the pig’s unjust, and they profit, incredibly. The force the other animals to do what they fought so persistently to never do again. The rest of the animals are not educated, and do not realize what is happening before it is too late. The worst part of this involves Boxer, an incredibly strong horse who never stops working. He worked so diligently and sacrificed so much for his friends, he hurt his leg. The pig’s sent this horse to the slaughterhouse, and he was killed. This is an invaluable example of an unjust person being rich, while the just person was extremely poor, and was killed as soon as he was not able to