oedipus+rex+essay

Oedipus is a tragic figure. oedipus is considered a tragic figure because he fills the desription of all five tragdies in greek literature. One of the tragidies is a mighty figure. Oedipus is one becaseu he is the king of Thebes. Another tragedy he represents is he was aking and ends up banished from Thebes. The tragedy of uncommon suffering happened to Oedipus when he finds out he kills his dad and marries his mother. Which leads to him gouging his eyes out. Another character of a tragic figure is recognizing the consequences of theeir actions. when Oedipus relizes this, he takes Jocasta's brouches a stabs both of his eyes. The final one,does his plight enoble us, i s the last tragic flaw to show wether of not someone is a tragic figure.his plight does enoble us by taking responsibiltiy for his own actions. It teaches us that we need to value other peoples suffering. Odipus is indeed considered a tragic figure due to hthe 5 tragedies in greek theater. He does describe each one throughout the play. so this makes the play a tragedy.