Oedipus as a Tragic Hero

Sometimes it is hard to identify with the things that kings and queens did in the past because they had different cultures and different ways of life. What we don’t understand is that we do the same thing as they did long ago. We simply either do not realize it or don’t want to accept that in some ways were just like people 2000 years ago.

No matter who we are, what time period we are in, or what mistakes we have made, we should accept people for who they are. God loves us no matter when we lived or what we’ve done and we should treat everyone with respect. We should not only respect them, but also try to help them along their walk with God.

Oedipus i believe was a tragic hero because of all that he went through and he never saw any of it coming. It really fascinates me how he basically lived half of his whole life not knowing that the person he was married to was his wife and the person he head killed was his father. I can’t believe he did not at least investigate a little just to see if the oracle was telling the truth or not. Oedipus’s story only got worse after he found out for sure that he was the one that killed his father and married his mother when his wife-mom ran off and hung herself.

Most greeks in ancient times thought and fully believed that the fall of a man is the most tragic thing that can ever happen to man. Christians believe that the destruction of man on earth is not the worst thing that can happen to a man. We believe that not knowing Christ while your here in this world and because of that going to Hell and burning for eternity. We as Christians believe in forgiveness and we believe that no matter what we do, God will still love us and take us back if we repent to Him.

At the end of the play, Oedipus still have a small sense of pride but realizes all that he had is gone. He respects now all the people he once insulted and thought little of.Oedipus learns from his mistakes from the past, but still has to deal with the consequences of his actions