Jocasta

Oedipus’ inner blindness leads to his status as a static character and led to his downfall because of his pride. He was overly prideful. His pride also is the cause of many things in his life. His inner blindness was also the cause of his fate and what ended up happening to him. He was the king after all. He wanted to be seen and treated that way. His downfall was brought on by himself. His pride was also a major cause of it as well. He was in fact the king and the hero of Thebes. The people of…

Analysis of Oedipus the King At the beginning of Sophocles' tragic play Oedipus the King, the primary character, Oedipus, is considered a hero by the people of Thebes. In reality, though, Oedipus was an awful person: he murdered his father and married his mother, eventually having four children with her. The people were unaware of Oedipus’ actions and had created such a strong illusion of him that they found it hard to believe anything negative allocations against him. So, when the citizens…

Oedipus possesses his own tragic flaw ever since the moment he did not listen to God’s will and escaped his reality. For the reason of anger, he killed his father and accused Teiresias of treason. Oedipus assembled things worse by running away and not facing the fact that he had murdered his father; thus, Oedipus tragic flaw was his temper. Oedipus’s biological mother addressed him to another family so he would not follow the Oracle’s order. Oedipus already had a destination by the God that…

Oedipus the King is an ancient Greek story about a man who would eventually become the King of Thebes and kill his father, King Lauis; and marry his mother, Jocasta. There are many versions of this story acted in plays throughout history. In the contemporary versions, the protagonist is often altered to fit the modern audiences so as to tell the story of Oedipus, the Greek hero. In literature, the ancient Greek and contemporary versions can be contrasted. This will show comparisons that exist…

Oedipus, from Sophocles’ tragic play, Oedipus Rex, has an honorable and admirable point of view on his manner to the injustice with his kingdom. Oedipus faces many challenges: the slaughter of king Laius and his guards, incest pertaining himself and his mother, and the overall plague and downfall of his kingdom. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus tries to get rid of the sphinx ruining the kingdom of Thebes. As a matter of fact, he does this because the mythical creature was terrorizing the citizens and…

In the book Oedipus the king, Oedipus tries to solve the murder of King Laius and is faced with the prophecy of killing his father, and also marrying and killing his mother. This prophecy does not allow for there to be much free will as it influences Oedipus as he will need to face the burden of killing his mother and father which takes away a lot of his free will as he will be influenced a lot by the prophecy. In the play, Oedipus’ entire life was controlled by the gods as Sophocles…

He could have disregarded the incest if he would have just listened to Jocasta when she told him of how she had a son of the king who was there before him. Outrageous gaffe like this was done in his life that could have not gone ignored by the God's. For example, he could have listened to the oracles instead of being ignorant…

Sometimes men find it hard to break free from their mothers. The tragic play, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, has a complex and interesting set of events that revolve around Oedipus and his relationship to his parents. Oedipus is a young king who is facing many galling challenges both mentally and physically. He becomes aware of a terrible curse that has fallen upon Thebes, that will only be lifted if the murderer of Laius, the former king, is prosecuted. Oedipus commits to the discovery and…

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex flawlessly demonstrates Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero through the protagonist, Oedipus. As required, the character exhibits errors of judgement, reversal of fortune due to such judgement, and acknowledgement of their self-inflicted misfortune. In addition, Oedipus exhibits extreme pride and receives a fate much colder than deserved. Shortly into the play, Oedipus reveals his hamartia, or flaw in judgement, when he refuses and mocks the advice of the blind…

crimes he has allegedly committed. Whether the reason for these punishments is justifiable or not is revealed through the analysis of Oedipus' actions and character flaws. The first punishment Oedipus sustains is the loss of his wife and mother Jocasta. He finds her “hanged by the neck”, “held in a swinging cord” (Sophocles, 91) in her room.…