The Tragedy of Oedipus Rex :: Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex

The Tragedy of Oedipus RexOedipus Rex is a tragedy that illustrates a mans sniff out of justice. The equivalent man is also paranoid and impulsive. In the text, he everyplacecomes his negative char modus operandieristics and succumbs to his great sense of justice and responsibility.The king of Thebes is shown as a just rule who cares ab forth the suffering of his people. After saving the city from the Sphinx and her riddle, King Oedipus learns that a plague has beset upon the population. After consulting with the oracle at Delphi, Oedipus realizes that an unsolved evil is the cause for the suffering of the people. In this consultation, the oracle tells Creon that corruption must be driven from the land. At this point, the corruption is assumed to be the murder of the anterior king of Thebes. This is a hint of what is to come in the reading. A easy murder is usually described as a crime or an offense. The word corruption alludes to a greater span of wrong that has been committ ed.In his rash manner, Oedipus sets out to solve this mystery so that the plague in Thebes will end. When the blind prophet Tiresias is summoned, the king loses his temper and shows more of his certain character. After relentlessly questioning Tiresias, the perpetrator of the murder is revealed. Oedipus himself is the murderer be sought. After being insulted in Corinth, Oedipus had angrily left and set out on his own. In his journey, he encountered King Laiuss party enroute to the oracle. The two parties clashed at the crossroads and Oedipus killed all but one of his foes. The curse that Jocasta describes came true on that day. She had tried to avoid fate by casting away the sister Oedipus, but years later he reappeared at that junction or so Phocis. King Laius was Oedipuss father and the curse bore fruit.James Weigel best summarizes Oedipuss sense of justice in his writingHaving learned the full truth of his dogged destiny, his last act as king is to blind himself furiously ov er the dead body of Jocasta, his wife and mother. It is a terrible, agonizing moment, even in description. But in his depths of pain Oedipus is magnificent. He does not submit passively to his woe or plead that he committed his foul act in ignorance, although he could do so with justice. He blinds himself in a rage of penitence, accepting total responsibility for what he did and determined to puzzle the punishment of exile as well (Weigel 1601).