I do see the story of Oedipus as a tragedy. He is a tragic figure in this plot line. Being a tragic figure means that he must have had a position of importance that had a fatal flaw that brought his downfall. Oedipus is a good king, but he had a flaw of being too proud. He misread his wife's attempts to stop him from furthering his understanding of knowing his heritage. Because he misread her attempts and saw it as her questioning his royalty, he becomes overly proud, which brings about his downfall. It does end gory and sad as most tragic figures must.
I would contest that even if his wife/mother had not realized what had happened that he would have fallen anyway.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Oedipus' story is extremely tragic and his ego is perhaps his downfall. But honestly, how would you react in such a situation? I could bare how I would handle a curse like that in a position such as King? It it quite tragic.
ReplyDeleteThis isn’t the only event that leads him to his downfall. There are several other events that lead him to his downfall. I would just mention these events as well.
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