Oedipus and Mike Tyson, the former heavy weight champion of the world, are similar in how their anger led to their destruction. In Oedipus’ case, his flaw annihilated him to the point of no return. In Mike Tyson’s case, he becomes physically and mentally unable to perform in the ring. It is obvious that Oedipus is a classical tragic hero due to his tragic flaw of anger. Anger is a type of word that …showed first 75 words of 735 total…

…showed last 75 words of 735 total…s lives. If these incidents did not occur, Oedipus would have been one of the most regarded characters in literature. If anger did not control Mike Tyson’s life, he would have been one of the century’s greatest boxers. If both of these characters dealt with their flaws in different and mature ways, the outcome would have been so different. They would have been heroes instead of foes. THE COMPARISON OF OEDIPUS & MIKE TYSON