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.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.Oedipus found out that was found to kill his father and marry his mother which blinded him and made him feel a type of way.
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What behaviors do you find in your reading of Oedipus the King? In the reading of Oedipus, you can see one of the pride behaviors between Oedipus and Jocasta because both of them tries to escape the prophecy but in the end, Oedipus marrying his mother(wife having 4 kids ) accidentally kills this father without knowing it, as Oedipus Jocasta tries to escape it by telling the shepherd to abandon Oedipus and killing it. But the shepherd does what Jocata which also results in the prophecy coming true, when trying to escape from fate but resulting in happing. Also, fate if Oedipus didn’t listen to the prophecy and left Corinth, fate won’t happen that quickly or in a way that the prophecy can be false. In the end, Jocasta kills herself from knowing the truth and so did Oedipus blind himself(in a way to not see the horror in his life again).
When I think of the story of “Oedipus the King”, by Aristotle is clear to me that there is a true sense of justice against all odds being stacked against him. A person trying to outrun or avoid what they think is an ill fate is timeless. Whether it be a child being told what they will do for a living or who they will marry. Those that have fled their country of birth to another for the freedom of escaping their fate if they stayed. Another could be someone that thought they were doing the right thing like the shepherd that took Oedipus away only to find out they did a terrible wrong in doing so. Many a person has tried to do what they thought was right only to have it bite them back at the end of things. Lastly just like any good parent regardless of the bad things that they have done or that have happened to them, the only thing Oedipus cared about at the end was not himself but for his children.
A timeless event that can be seen in Oedipus is one’s pride leading them to their downfall. This can be seen in many leaders in the history of the world. One such leader was Napoleon. His own pride within the French army caused him to thin out his forces leading to his defeat. Another ruler this can be seen in is Hitler and his attempted invasion of Russia. He believed in himself so much that he did not take into account the different terrain and climate of said country. This led to the eventual break down of the German army and his eventual retreat out of Russia. Another event often seen is rulers trying to protect their own power. The best example of this is during campaign time when politicians slander each other in order to look more appealing to voters. They let go of their morals in order to stay in charge.
I think that even today, many people struggle taking advice and listening to others. Whether it’s pride, mistrust, or being blinded by something want/love, I think we all struggle listening to what other people have to say about our lives and our mistakes.
When Aristotle writes that “poetry is a higher form than history.” to me means that poetry gives you a better understanding of history and explains the experiences that have happened and others have gone through. The timeless human experiences and behaviors that I notice in the reading Oediupus The King is that you notice a lot of different problems going on at once in the reading as it begins with Oedipus killing his own father then end up marrying his own mother who he has no idea is his mother till it later is revealed to him then it continues on to Oedipus accusing Creon for Laius’s death, so all at one you start to notice the amount of situations these characters deal with especially amongst each other when they do not really have true evidence on why some of them have problems with each other, for example Oedipus is just making his own claim that Creon killed Laius but he doesn’t have any true evidence to really support that Creon is the reason to the killing.
I believe that a truly universal aspect of the characters in the ancient Greek tragedy, “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is their relationship with the gods. Obviously, in our modern society most people are not as hung up on God’s wrath but, even with the spread of atheism, people still need an outer force to blame things on and hope for things from. Whether that’s a deity, energies, forces, fate, chance or destiny, the majority believes that there is something else in charge of reality as we know it. Most people are still dependent on something else. Which in a way, understandable because after a certain amount of experience, one must admit that the way life works, the people we meet and the things we live through cannot be all for nothing.
