Things Are Not Always What They Seem

<Tab/>"Learning comes through suffering" (pathei mathos), nothing more clearly represents the tragedy of Oidipous the King than this statement. Not knowing who he truly is and having construed his own identity based on the information he thought to be true but is false, Oidipous, through a process of self-discovery and pain, is able to unravel the mystery that is his identity. Oidipous the King is a tragedy that clearly depicts …

…The process of discovery and struggle is what allows both of these protagonists to come away from their lowest points able to endure such pain still alive. It is naïve for anyone to believe that either Jane or Oidipous would be the people they are after all of their struggles without having to have endured them. It is these struggles and trials that lead both of them towards maturity and self-discovery.