Troy Maxon And Oedipus Comparison

When it comes to a tragic hero, many often mistake them as crime fighters such as a Batman and Superman. They are heroes without faults, who risk their lives to save the citizens and punish evil villains. But these are not characteristics of a tragic hero. Tragic heroes have faults and have downfall. They do not fight crime and save citizens. Examples of tragic heroes are Oedipus from Oedipus the King, and Troy Maxson from Fences. Both of these plays have similarities and differences when compared side-to-side. The similarity of both characters is they ultimately experience downfall, but only one of them accepts their fate and the other does not. The other difference is that one character is from nobility and the other is not. Oedipus from Oedipus the King, ultimate downfall was when he realized he killed his own father and married his mother and had children with her. He comes to realize this in scene four after the shepherd tells him whom his father was. In the last scenes, it is announced that his wife who is also his mother, Jocasta hangs herself and dies. When Oedipus realizes what had

The tragic hero is not an ordinary man that the man must be in great standing. Oedipus the classic tragic hero was born from nobility; he was a prince who became a king of Thebes. It becomes known that his is King of Thebes from the first scene of the play. The people had gathered in front of his palace to ask the king to help them. The modern tragic hero was not born royalty like Oedipus. The modern tragic hero, Troy Maxson is an ordinary man. In fact he is a garbage man. In act two scene one, Troy asks his boss why he can not drive the garbage trucks and only lift the garbage because he is an African American. Troy is seen as an impecunious man instead being seen as a man of high standing like Oedipus because Troy is a modern tragic