Oedipus: Riddle of the Sphinx as a Metaphor of Life

Oedipus: The riddle of Sphinx as a metaphor of life Oedipus Rex (King) is a tragic script that depicts the devastating existence, Athenian Oedipus, written by Sophocles. Si could endure "destination". With the help of the gods and with the help of the actions and decisions of "fate" of Edepus, an unimaginable misfortune was unfolded. The perfection of Athens can include wisdom, confidence and a strong will. Edips, this perfect embodyment, and his tragedy is common to the people of Athens.

In order to add color to the Edpus dynasty tapestry, Sophos added a metaphor for his play. Sphinx 's mystery has become a metaphor of Edeps himself. Edips is the perfect Athenian. He is confident, intelligent and resolute. Ironically, these are very traits, which brings about his tragic discovery. Edeps gained control of Thebes by answering the mystery of Sphinx. Sophocles used Sphinx's mystery as a metaphor for the three stages of Oedipus's life and explained him as a more tragic person. Sphinx presented the following riddle to everyone who came to the ruler of Thebes. "What is the sound of a walk of 4 feet, 2 feet, 3 feet, and when walking is it the weakest?" Depth correctly said "people" and became king of Thebes. This mystery is a metaphor of the life of Edpsus. When a child's man's hands and knees crawl, this is 4 feet of sphinx. As a child, men are also the weakest

After solving the mystery of Sphinx, Edpsus Rex talked about the story of a man who became king of Thebes. The riddle of Sphinx is to crawl four legs in the morning, crawl at noon and crawl three at night. Edipus thought about it and gave the correct answer: a person. An interesting part of this story is that Oedipus has never really said the answer. When he was caught in a riddle, he stroked his beard with his hand. The fact that Sphinx adopted this movement meant that Edeps pointed out herself and answered her question. She was defeated and the city of Thebes was given to him. This image and interpretation are meaningful to the reader as Oedipus has never been drawn as a particularly intelligent person. As I symbolically say, he stroked his beard. "This is myself, I am a murderer of Lieus."