The Role of Hamartia in Oedipus the King

The role of Hamadia in Edips The roots of literary tragedy lasted 2,500 years, but throughout this history the distinctive features of this type have not changed. The center of tragedy lies in the uncertainty of the cause of the tragic dilemma. The main candidates explaining this career are usually named after the Greek hamartia which is converted to "character defects", "errors", or "errors". However, the most common concept (or misunderstanding) of this concept is that it often includes a "moral or intellectual weakness" that leads scholars to see extremism as the answer to a tragic question .

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 role of Hamadia in Edips The roots of literary tragedy lasted 2,500 years, but throughout this history the distinctive features of this type have not changed. The center of tragedy lies in the uncertainty of the cause of the tragic dilemma. The main candidates explaining this career are usually named after the Greek hamartia which is converted to "character defects", "errors", or "errors". However, the most common concept (or misunderstanding) of this concept is that it often includes a "moral or intellectual weakness" that leads scholars to see extremism as the answer to a tragic question .

In literature, hypomorphism refers to defects in personality or defects that ultimately lead to the collapse of tragic heroes or heroines. In the case of Oedipus, his error or collapse was his unexpected cheating. Edeps showed excessive pride, severity, and anger, but his last collapse was accompanied by a series of disappointing miscalculations. In the drama we learned that Edps had escaped from the house after God told him that he would marry his father and kill his father. When the real parents, Lieus and Jocasta made the same prediction, they did not know whether he was abandoned like a baby. He truly believes that he is doing the right things when he leaves home, thus saving his family from certain tragedies. By escaping from their home, Oedipus accidentally brought down his own downfall and shifted the prophecy to execution.