Oedipus Reflection Paper

Oedipus is the second of three Theban plays that Sophocles wrote. The play is set in Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city. The protagonist of the play is Oedipus, who is trying to rid his city of a plague. The plague will not vanish until the former Kings murder is solved. Little does Oedipus know that he himself is the plague over the kingdom. Sophocles does not come right out and tell us this information. Instead he uses a blind prophet to foresee Oedipus’s past and foretell his future. Oedipus is unwilling to listen and believe the prophet, which sends Oedipus to a horrifying fate. Sophocles made it clear that the lesson he is trying to convey to the readers is that you cannot escape fate, no matter how hard you try.
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For starters there were not a lot of characters throughout the play, so I did not feel overwhelmed when trying to understand the plot and having to remember the names of the characters. Even the storyline of the play was interesting enough that gave a slight plot twist. An example of this is when we learn that Oedipus’s wife Jocasta is his mother and Oedipus himself is the plague. I also believe that the theme of the play was easy to conclude. For myself and how I can relate to Oedipus is his blindness to see what’s right in front of him. I am a person much like Oedipus who wants to keep digging my nose where at times it doesn’t belong. I have ruined friendships, relationships and commitments with needing to be in the know and not letting fate take its course. Oedipus was able to finally see once he blinded himself. For myself my stubbornness and unwillingness to listen is still my downfall. I honestly can’t find anything I dislike about Oedipus. This is one of my favorite plays, it probably helped that I studied this play before and have read it multiple times, and also that I had a good book of Oedipus that was easy to follow and not use older