In the Greek drama Oedipus Rex, Sophocles’ philosophies play out throughout the entire duration of the play. One Philosophy that this play constantly refers back to is that suffering is universal and that sadness and tragedy are inherent in life. This is shown in the words of the chorus in line 180-184 “disease falls upon my entire crew, and no mind’s weapon can protect me, for the fruit of our famous land does not grow, nor do our women emerge from their mournful labors with offspring.” This shows the suffering of everyone throughout the city their only hope was Oedipus resolving these problems somehow. Overall, this quote show how suffering is experienced by everyone and that you going to suffer at least once in your life time, there is no
