The Tragic Hero of Oedipus the King

"Writing about drama" in "Writing literature" explains the world's largest drama written before the 20th century whether it is a tragedy or a comedy. In tragedy, a tragic hero usually performs some terrible actions and ultimately destroys him. The protagonist of a tragic drama is a good thing, which makes him a hero. The hero reached his peak, and eventually he committed a terrible act of eventually destroying the man he was called a hero. Theodeps of King Thebes is an example of this tragic hero.

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 "I defined a tragic hero as a person with excellent identity and virtue, and I realized his own fatal flaw". The nature of Oedipus itself made him a tragic hero because his ignorance (lack of knowledge) brought about his own destruction.

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. Now, in the face of this problem, he wants to become a hero again, but the situation does not necessarily improve.