The story about Oedipus the King shows the importance of knowledge and truth. Throughout the story a powerful king Oedipus uses his power to try to change his destiny and fate and even run away from it. Oedipus try’s to use his power to control his own destiny and his country’s destiny as the king, Oedipus later learns that somethings are still out of his control. No matter what Oedipus did to try to control his life his fate and destiny kept coming back. Oedipus pride for himself as a king and for his people becomes his downfall when he is forced to look into his own past. The reading shows that Oedipus had to go after the truth even if it hurt him the reading also highlights the importance of gaining truth and knowledge even if it hurts the person seeking it. The reading shows the power of fate and destiny and also the consequences of suffering and trying to avoid the truth.
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3 thoughts on “Kemol Mott Discussion 7”
I found your response interesting because I also spoke on how Oedipus comes to the realization that things are out of his control. I agree with you about how Oedipus couldn’t handle the truth. It seemed like he was afraid of facing the truth. This ties into how humans escape our problems and bury our mistakes and when it resurfaces, we get scared. Overall, I enjoyed how you connected each of his transitions to real human experiences.
Hello Kemol I agree with you during the whole story I git a weird vibe from Oedipus trying to impose his will the whole time. He thought he would have been able to control his fate but in turn he ended up fulfilling the requirement giving us some insight as it’s virtually imposing to out run our destiny. The consequences became very apparent.
Kemol, these are good observations, but the prompt for this week asks students to discuss human behaviors they see around them in their own lives that are reflected in the play.