Oedipus+essay

Oedipus Rex was one of my favorite stories we read this year, and I understood it well. My essay on the story was easy to do, and it turned out well. This was one of my earlier assignments, and even though I got a good grade, I can tell that it wasn’t my best work. When I read this, I can tell that I described the story to the point, but I could’ve done better. My sentences weren’t as good as they are now, and I could’ve been more descriptive in explaining how the characters linked together. Besides that, I met the standards for the time.



In the story,//Odeipus// //Rex//, the main charecter, Odeipus has been said to be a "classic example of a tragic figure." Throughout his entire life, many events took place,each ending in ways that were chaotic. So, his life and story would be considered one of the easiest examples of a tragedy.

At first, Odeipus was viewed as a mighty, powerful figure. After leaving Corneith, he arrived in the city of Thebes, just as the city was being held captive by the Sphinx. Odeipus comes to the rescue by easily solving the Sphinx's riddle, and the Sphinx dies, putting Thebes back into order. As a reward, Jocasta, Thebes' widowed queen, marries Odeipus, making him king, and top dog. He was __the__ man.

Unfortunatly, a reversal of fortune came to Odeipus, just a lttle bit after his newfound fame. Thebes was back in turmoil, because a plauge has come to them. It was caused by the realization that they have been living with the murder of Lauis, the previous king. Odeipus, and a few others realize that the oracle that Odeipus tried fleeing from, was already happeining. He killed Lauis, a.k.a. his FATHER, and MARRIED Jocasta, a.k.a. his mother. //He's// the one that caused the plauge.

Uncommon suffering was a result of the newfound truth was reconized. Jocasta commits sucicide because all the pain and emotions were too overwhelming for her to handle. Oedipus was informed of her death, and furiously gauches out both his eyes with a brooch on Jocasta's dress after seeing her death. He's blinded now by her brooches, and has much internal and external pain.

Once Oedipus has taken responsibility of his actions, he carries out the doom of murdering Lauis, by self-exiling himself, and leaving Thebes and his children to Creon, giving up all his power, and throne. He'll live off of what he's done as a result.

The whole story is showing that much damage can be done for living by a prediction. Odeipus flees from a false life, hoping to avoid the marraige and deaths. He __killed__ his father, the first prediction, //unknowingly//. He's got a flase fame, and marries his mother. Its all tragic, caused by living in fear of possibilities.