The Tragic Hero In Oedipus The King
The tragic hero in the story "Oedipus the King" is Oedipus himself, and every tragic hero must have a tragic flaw; the tragic flaw for Oedipus was becoming the King when he married his mother. "Wealth, power, [and] craft of statesmanship! Kingly position everywhere admired, " stated by Oedipus, where he is in the high position of the play. Going on with the play, Oedipus discovers that his "parents" (King Polybus and Queen Merope) were not actually his real parents, making him question the King and Queen, who denies everything; Oedipus, of course, does not stop there. The reversal takes place when he hears his destiny by the oracle, leaving him to make the decision to go "to a land where [Oedipus] should never see the evil sung by the oracle,"
to avoid the problems he never wants to face, but what he doesn't know is that he has already faced them. Recognition occurs when he puts together everything and learns about his story, his birth, and the understanding of the oracle predictions and that's when Oedipus, "Damned his birth, in his marriage damned, damned in the blood he shed with his own hands," destroying himself by stabbing his eyes out. The chorus recited, "Most pitiful is this man's story; His fortunes are the most changed... Ground under bitter fate," describing how sorry they feel for him.
to avoid the problems he never wants to face, but what he doesn't know is that he has already faced them. Recognition occurs when he puts together everything and learns about his story, his birth, and the understanding of the oracle predictions and that's when Oedipus, "Damned his birth, in his marriage damned, damned in the blood he shed with his own hands," destroying himself by stabbing his eyes out. The chorus recited, "Most pitiful is this man's story; His fortunes are the most changed... Ground under bitter fate," describing how sorry they feel for him.