Archetypes In Oedipus Rex
An archetypical hero appears in every classical literature, as all characters share similar characteristics. The main character on Sophocles literature, Oedipus the king can be a considerable archetypical hero, as Aristotle once indicate that "A man doesn't become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall." Oedipus sets on several stages that omits him as a tragic hero. The first stage always begins with a special journey, where they commit a difficult task to overcome their maturity. Then, concurs with a stage that he goes through initiation which leads them to an unbearing decisionings and regrets. Lastly, heroes perceives every downfall they have a single actions has blown their pain down. According to Aristotle, situations causing great pains being crushed by his or own error and his fates define him as a heroic archetype. From the beginning of the book, Oedipus begins with the first stage of a hero's journey he departed to solve unanswered riddles from the Sphinx and relive to save the land. Aristotle written concept on The Poetics, he established the thought of a tragedy hero that, “ one must
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As he went through all the stages of quest, initiation, and to determine himself as a tragic hero. The first stage is questing, Oedipus begins the path of his journey to solving unsolved riddles by the Sphinx, which concludes him to become a hero. Then goes to another stage is Initiation that brought Oedipus to his curiosity about who he really is, and who are his real parents. Last stage goes through his downfall, after all his disagreements about who his parent. Now, he has accepted the truth which leads to a moral in this story that a man cannot change his fate once it has been determined.The philosopher Aristotle claimed that the play "Oedipus The King," is one of the greatest example that correlates his idea of a tragic hero on the
As he went through all the stages of quest, initiation, and to determine himself as a tragic hero. The first stage is questing, Oedipus begins the path of his journey to solving unsolved riddles by the Sphinx, which concludes him to become a hero. Then goes to another stage is Initiation that brought Oedipus to his curiosity about who he really is, and who are his real parents. Last stage goes through his downfall, after all his disagreements about who his parent. Now, he has accepted the truth which leads to a moral in this story that a man cannot change his fate once it has been determined.The philosopher Aristotle claimed that the play "Oedipus The King," is one of the greatest example that correlates his idea of a tragic hero on the