Three Characteristics Of The Tragic Hero In Oedipus The King

Register to read the introduction… Oedipus-“I’d never have come to this, my father’s murderer-never

been branded mother’s husband, all men see me now!” Line1491-1493. Oedipus felt he was blind and couldn’t see his fate with his eyes, and that he should have seen this coming. The next horror to come for Oedipus was for him to walk into the room where Jocasta hung herself. He ran to her and cut her down this was the final act he could witness, and took her brooches and gouged them into his eyes so he could never see the pain he has caused everyone again. Messenger-“You, you’ll see no more the pain I suffered, all the pain I caused! Too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen; blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! In conclusion the tragic hero is a very intense role a character to play. As you can see in Oedipus the King, Oedipus was a character in the begging you probably hated for his selfishness, but just had to feel bad for seeing all these mysteries unfold before Oedipus showing he was the curse that the prophecies foresaw the one to murder his own father and then to wed his own