Oedipus: Tragic Hero Or Victim Of Fate

In his work 'The elements of nature and tragedy', Aristotle outlines the features necessary to create a convincing and tragic hero. He says that this special role must be "better than us", and this person is somewhat better than ordinary people. At the same time, a tragic hero must evoke the compassion and fear of the audience and make it possible for each member to feel catharsis feeling and strong emotions. According to Aristotle, the best way to achieve this effect is to accurately portray the imperfections of the hero. Because characters that make good and evil are more persuasive than purely good people.

Sophocles' "Oedipus King" is Oedipus, about a man destined to fate. Like most tragedies, "Oedipus King" includes a tragic hero, a hero who can not get rid of his / her own bad luck. This tragic hero usually has errors or tragic flaws leading to his / her downfall. The tragic flaw that Sophocles gave to Oedipus is arrogance (exaggeration or overconfidence), Oedipus is the reason he went to destiny to escape. Pride like Oedipus ... In the play, Oedipu, there are many mention of blindness and vision. Some people have limited physique like Prophet Teiresias, but others can "see" the truth. Other characters like Oedipus have a complete vision, but the fact is "blind". In drama, vision is used to express knowledge. An example is how "the prophet or the prophet" see "the truth behind the actual situation. Overall play, Edips is "blind".

The tragic fate of King Oedipus is in the king of Oedipus, the hero of Oedipus met a tragic fate. Initially he was a powerful king and a ruler of the city of Thebes. Then Thebes came to him with a question. The city is tragic due to the surge of death. As a powerful king he has resolved to solve the problem. Edepus once rescued the city and became a hero. - The fate of Edps and the free will Introduction In today's society, we are leading our lives with the power we believe strongly. But there is still a general debate that we can rule our destiny whether we have free will or whether we have sacred origin as seeds. In the drama Oedipus, this special power is also used and is called destiny.

How did fate and Edpsus combine their essence into a tragic hero? Sophocles' "Oedipus King" is a very good drama about a person destined to murder his father and marry his mother. Aristotle defined as "defining a tragic hero as a person with excellent identity and virtue and noticing that there is a fatal flaw in himself." The nature of Oedipus itself made him a tragic hero since his ignorance (lack of knowledge) brought about his own destruction.