Oedipus the King Essay

Oedipus the King
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http://www.pathguy.com/oedipus.htm , Enjoying "Oedipus the King", by Sophocles
http://www.novelguide.com/oedipustheking/metaphoranalysis.html , Novelguide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King , Wikipedia
http://psychology.about.com/od/oindex/g/def_oedipuscomp.htm , About.com
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I choose the tragedy, Oedipus the King, which was written by Sophocles simply because it impresses me the most. People nowadays may feel weird or unfair that all misfortunes Oedipus had encountered were not deserved by him for he did nothing wrong. However, this was ancient Greeks’ belief--- destiny decides your whole life; even you try to thwart your destiny, you won’t succeed. Though the “Oedipus the King” is nothing but a play, people can have some understanding about the ancient Greeks and their belief by reading this tragedy
Oedipus is undoubtedly a tragic hero. As readers can see, he had been regarded as hero once. He leaved Corinth in order to protect who he had believed to be his natural parents; he figured out the riddle and saved the Thebes; he ruled the country sincerely; when the country suffered from disease, he tried his best following the oracles given by Apollo’s shrine. However, because of these good deeds Oedipus have done, he gradually found out who he really was and finally realized the oracle given when he was born came true; the oracle mentioned that he would kill his natural father and married his natural mother. As a result of discovering all of the horrible prophecies have been fulfilled, Jocasta, Oedipus’s wife and his wife as well, hanged herself. Oedipus discovered Jocasta’s body, but already died. As punish for what he have done, Oedipus took Jocasta’s brooches to pierce his own eyes until he became blind. And then Oedipus exiled himself from Thebes.
Besides the plot and its implications or even ancient Greeks’ traditional belief, there is one pronoun originated from the story. The term is called Oedipus...