Lakisha Harris Week 7

“Poetry is a higher form than history.” It defines history as the narrative of a particular event occurring at a particular time for a particular person or group while literature is the narrative of what is common in human experience. After reading Oedipus King, it became clear that he could not escape his own fate. Aristotle views and concerns literature from a more aesthetic point of view. Although its primary goal is also literacy, it considers literature as a structural phenomenon. According to Aristotle, at that time they believed that each person’s fate was predetermined from birth and that that fate could not be changed. The main character is Oedipus and his destiny is the villain. When Oedipus learned of his fate, he fled from Corinth after hearing what the prophecy foretold. He decides to leave Corinth for Delphi to learn his story from the prophecy of Apollo. There he is told that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother. To prevent the miracle from happening. Oedipus, who wanted to know the truth, could not dispose of what was given him at birth. He believes in power, and when his father died, he went alone to seek justice with King Lai and his people, and for personal reasons. He announced the death of the man who killed King Lai. He realizes that he is the one he is looking for, and his fate is sealed.