In the reading of “Oedipus the King”, timeless human experiences or behaviors I found was since birth Oedipus didn’t know about his real parents and he ended up killing his father and marrying his mother (Jocasta) who he didn’t know about it till it was revealed after. This led to Oedipus accusing Creon of Laius’s death and planning his exile or death, to Jocasta killing herself after finding out the truth that she’s Oedipus mother and wife on her own, and lastly, Oedipus dying from all the misfortune he’s had and from my take of the Chorus saying “he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain.” (1728). Oedipus’s real father Laius and Jocasta sent their kid to be killed after a prophet told them that their baby will kill him and marry his mother, even after trying to change destiny, it still happening, proceeding to show that you can’t always force a change on an incident because it’ll end up happening again. Changing the outcome also caused plenty of people to get hurt in the process.
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Hi Sheila,
I agree with your argument that Oedipus’s journey to find his birth parents represents timeless human experiences. Human beings are curious to explore their identity and better understand their environment and consciousness. Oedipus illustrates the latter ideology by embracing a journey to find his real parents. The second argument about changing one’s destiny is also a good illustration of the timeless human experience. Irrespective of the latter strengths, you could have included a simple definition of timeless human traits and connected it to the play’s events.
Hello Sheila, a timeless human experience is definitely the idea that Oedipus wanted to find out about his parents and upbringing. People often explore the idea of wanting to find themselves and their purpose. Unfortunately, Oedipus was met with his fate when finding out about his parents, he had been cursed in which he will end up killing his father and marrying his mother. This other idea that makes Oedipus the king a timeless story is the idea of fate. Oedipus tried to run away and change his destiny. But he still ending up killing his father and marrying his mother, Jocasta.