Oedipus Rex Hero
How would someone feel if they were born with a curse set upon their life? A man named Oedipus Rex is born in Thebes with a punitive curse in the form of a prophecy. No matter how hard or far he tries to run from this curse he cannot escape it and it will follow and harass him throughout his whole life. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is doomed from the start, he is very prideful, and he must suffer more than he deserves. Oedipus being doomed from the start proves that he is a tragic hero because he is destined to do terrible things according to the prophecy that is placed on him. This curse and prophecy is that Oedipus would be son and husband to his mother, brother and father to his children, take part
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His pride started to build up after he left Corinth and is almost thrown off the road where the three crossroads meet. When the five men try to throw him off the road Oedipus fights back and kills all five of the men and in doing this he unknowingly kills his biologic father Laius. After this it continues to grow when he returns to his birthplace the City of Thebes. When he gets to Thebes there is death throughout the city and they are being terrorized by the Sphinx and the only way to stop this holocaust is to solve the Sphinx’s riddle. Oedipus solves this riddle and the Sphinx is forced to leave the city and take its destruction with it. The city of Thebes then makes Oedipus their king for his act that saves them from their common adversary. As king of Thebes, his pride builds up all the way. During his reign the land has a curse on it and when he learns that it is because the city’s last king’s murderer is bringing this curse on the land. When he investigates who murdered the king, his prideful spirit he forces Tiresias and others to tell him what the oracle has revealed. He finds out that he murdered the king who is his father and he is married and has two kids with his mother who is his wife and the
His pride started to build up after he left Corinth and is almost thrown off the road where the three crossroads meet. When the five men try to throw him off the road Oedipus fights back and kills all five of the men and in doing this he unknowingly kills his biologic father Laius. After this it continues to grow when he returns to his birthplace the City of Thebes. When he gets to Thebes there is death throughout the city and they are being terrorized by the Sphinx and the only way to stop this holocaust is to solve the Sphinx’s riddle. Oedipus solves this riddle and the Sphinx is forced to leave the city and take its destruction with it. The city of Thebes then makes Oedipus their king for his act that saves them from their common adversary. As king of Thebes, his pride builds up all the way. During his reign the land has a curse on it and when he learns that it is because the city’s last king’s murderer is bringing this curse on the land. When he investigates who murdered the king, his prideful spirit he forces Tiresias and others to tell him what the oracle has revealed. He finds out that he murdered the king who is his father and he is married and has two kids with his mother who is his wife and the