How do I feel about Oedipus? That is a very complex question. How is one to feel? Should we pity him? Think that he had it coming? How should we feel? Whatever conclusion you come to everyone can agree that he led a tragic life.
"The World Famous Oedipus," met a tragic end. The invincible, great, and mighty ruler fell very far very fast. He spent his entire life running from his fate and in doing so fulfilled it. He was the father to his brothers and sisters, and the husband to his mother, all after being the murderer of his father. When one builds himself up as high as he did they give themselves a much farther distance to drop. They say it is not the fall that kills you, but the landing. This can definitely be seen in this tragic tale.
His land is plagued and in effort to rectify it he finds the truth that no one wanted to know. Through a series of unfortunate events Oedipus fulfills his destiny. This begs the question, "do we really have control of our own faits?" Oedipus was condemned to death, and then sent away to a land very far from his home. He then ran away from the land he thought was his to avoid fulfilling the prophecy, and so fulfilled the prophecy that the god's foretold anyway. Oedipus tried to run from his fate and instead only ran right into it.
"The World Famous Oedipus," met a tragic end. The invincible, great, and mighty ruler fell very far very fast. He spent his entire life running from his fate and in doing so fulfilled it. He was the father to his brothers and sisters, and the husband to his mother, all after being the murderer of his father. When one builds himself up as high as he did they give themselves a much farther distance to drop. They say it is not the fall that kills you, but the landing. This can definitely be seen in this tragic tale.
His land is plagued and in effort to rectify it he finds the truth that no one wanted to know. Through a series of unfortunate events Oedipus fulfills his destiny. This begs the question, "do we really have control of our own faits?" Oedipus was condemned to death, and then sent away to a land very far from his home. He then ran away from the land he thought was his to avoid fulfilling the prophecy, and so fulfilled the prophecy that the god's foretold anyway. Oedipus tried to run from his fate and instead only ran right into it.