Oedipus Rex Character
The famous Greek dramatist Euripides wrote the expression, "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad." Oedipus Rex as a man and a victim of the whims of the gods indeed was made mad to the point of blinding himself after learning that his life's fate had indeed been fulfilled. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex as a play relays the fact of the inevitable - that once fate has been written, we can never escape it despite the delusions we tell ourselves that we indeed choose our own destiny. And once we chose to avoid Fate and strive to make the best effort of improving our lives, it is actually the gods as the puppeteers toying with us to enable us to let our guards down and believe that all is well until the foreseeable is upon us. Like most Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex was written as a result of a Greek festivity in those days - probably a tribute to Dionysius, the god wine. The Greek theater during Sophocles' time is more of a religious festival rather than an artistic and recreational event we know these days. Most dramas show the travails of man and the forces the gods unleash on man as he lives his life - Oedipus Rex is no exception!Oedipus has been gifted with intellect, proactive action a
The wills of the Gods indeed were being obeyed when he saw himself as a true hero of Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx and saving the Thebans from the wrath brought by the Sphinx. There could be anger at Jocasta and Laius for abandoning and inflicting pain on him because of a prophecy. There is no doubt that Oedipus character was a character of his time wherein the belief in the inevitable is cast in stone unlike in today's world, we often say that "we make our own way and write our own fate and destiny. As a firm believer in seers and prophets, Oedipus seeks the wisdom of Teiresias but upon hearing from the prophet that he was the killer his raging character showed to the point that he accused Teiresias and Creon of making up the prophecy in order to dethrone him. True to his proactive nature, Oedipus already sent his brother-in-law Creon at the oracle of Delphi to determine the cause of the plague and find out how to eradicate it. Like the roller coaster ride of his life, a reader cannot help but feel the same. But the wheels of fortune were with him when he ended up as the adopted son of the childless royalty of Corinth thereby growing strong and intelligent - ready to follow in his adopted father's footsteps. and the EndDoes the end justify the means? Oedipus, troubled, lost and banished, went out a beaten man and by what fate or destiny wrote, the gods' will prevailed that the brand of madness afforded him was dragged out. But this was a setup of the gods that eventually caused his downfall when he realized that no man escapes his fate. Only at the intervention of Oedipus' wife/natural mother did calm heads prevail and Oedipus went from a "raging bull" to a "meek lamb. Upon learning what the oracle of Delphi said - that the plague was caused by the unpunished murder of the late king of Thebes Laius - Oedipus cursed upon the killer and decreed an investigation to find out the perpetrator. It served to make the audience realize ones mortality and bend to the wills - or whims - of the gods.
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