Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Who are the tragic figures in Oedipus Rex? Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

According to
Aristotle's definition ofin Poetics, tragic figures are


  1. people of noble stature who have a greatness about them, possessing
    extraordinary powers, or qualities of passion or aspiration or nobility of mind.

  2. people who are good, though not perfect, and their fall results from committing
    "an act of injustice" (hamartia) either through ignorance or from a conviction that
    some greater good will be served.
  3. people whose downfall is their own fault,
    the result of their own free choice.
  4. people whose misfortune is not wholly
    deserved, and the punishment exceeds the crime.

Utilizing these
criteria, therefore,


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