Was Oedipus a good man who happened to suffer an unfortunate fate, or was he a truly bad person, whose fate was only just? Oedipus was indeed a good man based on Aristotelian ideals of good and bad. I think the fate that befell him was really a cruel gift from the gods. In his first encounters with the city of Thebes, Oedipus found them under the curse of the Sphinx. He actually gained his …showed first 75 words of 1153 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1153 total…Therefore if the seriousness of Oedipus’ anger is judged according to the Aristotelian view of ethics, he may still be viewed as a good man. Oedipus the King is a tragic story, of a man who tried to outrun his fate and ironically runs straight to it. Even more ironic is the fact that Oedipus was at bases a good man, yet his fate was terrible. He satisfies the Aristotelian definition of a good man.