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The Role of Fate and Hubris in Oedipus the King
Sophocles's Oedipus the King is indeed a tragedy. We can tell what a doomed life Oedipus is leading, but it is hard to pin down a direct antagonist, or force in conflict with the main character. Yet when I looked hard enough I found the two culprits behind all of Oedipus's misery. Oedipus's fate and hubris prove to play the roles of the antagonists in this story.
It all comes down to Oe ....
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.... at the time, the people of Athens were declining in moral values, they were losing faith in the Gods, mistreating people lower than them and taking part in thefts, murders and other sins. They were also becoming religious hypocrites, only using the Gods at their own convenience. Sophocles wished to change all of this.
So Sophocles chose a character, Oedipus, that personified what was good in Athenian society, the want for justice, the need for good leadership, and the use of inte ....
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