Oedipus Rex
In the story of Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character,
Oedipus, as a good natured person that has bad judgment and frailty. Oedipus
makes a few bad decisions and is condemned to profound suffering because of his
pride. I agree with Aristotle that he brings it all on to himself because of
his own personal pride.
One day Oedipus finds out that there is a prophecy that depicts him
killing his father and marrying his mother. The prophecy may have been proven
untrue if he wouldn't have put himself on such a high pedestal. It all started
one day when he met up with King Laius:
Seated in it. The groom leading the horses
Forced me off the road at his lord's command;
But as this charioteer lurched over towards me
I struck him in my rage...I killed him (1.2.764-772).
Oedipus met the King Laius on a bridge and was too proud to let him pass
first, and then the King pushed him out of the way. In a fit of rage, Oedipus
killed him. All the while, an......
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