A TRAGIC HERO OR NOT - Oedipus

Date Submitted: 01/17/2004 03:22:43
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 1 pages (402 words)
Sean Hovan 5 Oedipus/Tragic Hero 3/12/97 A Tragic Hero or Not? Oedipus is definitely a tragic hero. In Aristotle's theory he talks about the ways you become a tragic hero. The first thing that happened to Oedipus is the 'the reversal of fortune leading up to a final recognition'. In the story this happens man times, When he is a baby he was sent to the mountain to be killed which would be a misfortune. A …
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…none of this would have happened. Another misfortune by error of judgement would be when he killed his father. He and his gang of thugs killed the king and most of his men. Why did he have to do it? That death was cause for no real reason accept for money and he could have escaped the prophecy if he would have stopped killing for money. These are the errors of judgement in Oedipus Rex.
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