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analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Title: analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2312 | Pages: 9.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Aristotle outlined the characteristics of a good tragic hero. He must be "better than we are," a man who is superior to the average man in some way. In Oedipus's case, he is superior not only because of social standing, but also because he is smart, he is the only person who could solve the Sphinx's riddle. At the same time, a tragic hero must evoke both pity and fear, and Aristotle claims that the …showed first 75 words of 2312 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2312 total…them, a man who is great but not perfect, who is a good father, husband, and son, and yet who unwillingly destroys parents, wife and children. Oedipus is human, regardless of his pride, his intelligence, or his stubbornness, and we recognize this in his agonizing reaction to his sin. Watching this, the audience is certainly moved to both pity and fear: pity for this broken man, and fear that his tragedy could be our own.
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