Tragic Flaws In Oedipus The King
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Oedipus the King tells the tragic story of Oedipus and how Oedipus unwittingly fulfills his prophecy. Oedipus prophecy was that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Oedipus grew up in the kingdom of Corinth where he believed that he was the son of the Kings of Corinth; when Oedipus discovered that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus decides to leave Corinth and try to prevent the prophecy from happening. Unknowingly to him during his escape from his destiny, Oedipus murderers his father and eventually marries his mother and fulfils the prophecy. After reading Oedipus the King I believe that one of the main ideas of Oedipus the King is that Oedipus own tragic flaws lead to the fulfillment of the prophecy and his eventual downfall. Two of the minor tragic flaws that lead to Oedipus downfall were his arrogance and short temper. Trough out the book we are able to see how Oedipus humiliates and gets into arguments with the people that telling him the truth about his real parents and that are trying to help him to find the “unknown” …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how oedipus fulfills his prophecy, which was that he would murder his father and marry his mother.
- Analyzes how oedipus humiliates and gets into arguments with the people that tell him the truth about his real parents and the current situation of thebes.
- Analyzes how oedipus humiliates and gets into arguments with the people that tell him the truth about his real parents and the current situation of thebes.
- Analyzes how oedipus' quest for knowledge and his willingness to don't find the truth were tragic flaws that led to his downfall.
- Analyzes how oedipus' quest for knowledge and his willingness to don't find the truth were tragic flaws that led to his downfall.
Since Oedipus grew up in the kingdom of Corinth to some extend he was safe from his prophecy. Oedipus’ downfall can be attributed to many different things, but Oedipus own tragic flaws lead him to the path where he fulfilled his prophecy. Oedipus arrogance and pride made sure that he couldn’t have the help that he need it to understand the truth. Oedipus curiosity and willingness to don’t find the whole truth led him to the path of ignorance that was responsible for his departure from Corinth. The pride that Oedipus felt for solving the sphinx riddle and been the King of Thebes was the last nail in the coffin that led to his downfall, if Oedipus had listened to what the people that were trying to help him had to said, Oedipus could have been able to prevent his
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- Analyzes how oedipus is distressed by the plague that starved the population and wreaked disaster among the city of thebes.
- Analyzes sophocles' belief that all people are traveling on a predestined path, which cannot be avoided no matter what actions are taken to avoid following the destiny.
- Analyzes how fate is a theme that is often persistent in greek works, tragedies like this in particular. the idea that attempting to avoid an oracle’s prophecy is the very thing which brings it about is common motif in many greek legends.
- Analyzes how oedipus left the plague to take its course, but pity for the sufferings of his people compelled him to consult the oracle of delphi.
- Argues that it is not for us to question fate as it leads to the development of events that is outside our control. katharsis causes the deep sense of pity and fear in the audience.
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- Analyzes how oedipus accepts his actions and the distress he has caused in his city by accepting death. his acceptance of death provides the evidence to why he is not a purely evil leader.
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- Analyzes how oedipus is inevitably responsible for his ending, but it is important to realize that the play is not without any instance of fate.
- Analyzes how oedipus and laius were told the truth by the oracle, however harsh and difficult to accept.
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- Analyzes how oedipus, consumed by his desire to seek knowledge, ignores all of the signs that point toward the truth.
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- Concludes that the idea of oedipus being a victim of fate is false. he chose to ignore warnings and acted hastily and without careful consideration, which led to his prophecy becoming true.
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- Opines that loki was a fickle norse god who played pranks and created so many problems for the other gods, including himself.
- Opines that oden is a good example of fate winning over free well. he is the king of the norse gods or the all father.
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- Illustrates oedipus' presumptuous temperament when he assumes that creon is trying to take his power from him.
- Analyzes how oedipus' pride to save thebes turns to pity after he divulges his sin and goesuged his eyes out to prove that a sinner is not worthy of sight.
- Analyzes how oedipus' impulsive, presumptuous, and prideful nature drove him to fulfill the prophecy that he was running from.
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- Opines that oedipus rex has temper issues since the beginning of the play. he killed his father simply because of an insult. his anger clouded his vision and made him make hasty decisions.
- Argues that the oracle's prophecy was unconditional to argue that oedipus' story was a tragedy of fate. the greek culture is surrounded by stubborn beliefs in fate and how you can't avoid it.
- Analyzes how oedipus' temper issues led to his quietus. he charged creon with treason and jocasta's relentless begging.
- Explains that oedipus's anger began to be his own ending. the moment that he killed his father manifested as the catalyst that set the oracle’s prophecy in motion.
- Analyzes how the theme of the selection is that anger can sometimes cloud your judgment and influence you to make rash decisions. oedipus' temper was ultimately the tragic flaw that brought upon his end.
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- Opines that oedipus' impatient accusation of teiresias proved to be bad, especially since he foretold the ending of the story.
- Analyzes how oedipus displayed anger throughout the story, which did not help him at all.
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- Analyzes how oedipus' tragic flaw leaded him to all of his sad truth and his reality. his anger and stubbornness contributed to the theme of the play since the whole is just tragedy due to his choices
- Analyzes how oedipus' anger was one of the main reasons of his downfall. he was angry with some people because they were insulting him, so he got aggressive and the fight began.
- Analyzes how oedipus stubbornness didn't let him see the truths, even though they were told to him. he kicked out tiresias and insulted him for being blind.
- Analyzes how oedipus had determination and power, but his tragic flaw was always pushing him back. his anger and stubbornness were impediments to find out the truth and to disobey the oracle’s orders.
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