Oedipus Rex Criticalresponse
Acceptance or Doom: An Analysis of Sophocles "Oedipus Rex"
In the story "Oedipus Rex," by Sophocles, the author suggests that one's fate
cannot be altered, but if an individual's pride and arrogance make the individual try
to change his/her fate, the person becomes hubristic and at the end the person
realizes fate cannot be changed and the person's fate happens the way it was
supposed to happen. If people belief in fate and at some point in people's life an
individual discovers what his/her fate is, the person should just accept their fate
and not try to change destiny.
Oedipus's ability to solve problems is shown when the sphinx was in Thebes and
Oedipus, "the simple man," solved the sphinx's riddle. When Oedipus describes
himself as "simple" he is being sarcastic and is implying that he is smarter than all
Thebans which is true and shows his intelligence. Oedipus was proud of being
intelligent and that he solved the sphinx's riddle because "no birds......
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