5/13/2023 0 Comments Antigone oedipus rex![]() ![]() The chorus is used extensively as both a voice of reason and to convey emotions to the audience. When he eventually learns the truth, he knows he must face the grim consequences. That is how the story goes.’ ‘The place? Where did the mishap fall?’”(Sophocles 41). Eventually he begins to realize that the man he killed may have been his father: “‘Laius was killed – I thought I caught the words – where three highways meet?’ ‘So they said. None but a prideful man would kill over a simple insult. He unknowingly kills Laius, his father, for insulting him as he made his passage into Thebes. His flaw of pride not only suppresses his acceptance of the truth, but also leads him to fulfill the prophecy. Through this dialogue, one can tell that Oedipus is suppressing the knowledge that the prophecy is slowly unraveling and proving itself true. Referring to a slave that he wants to question, he tells Jocasta: “There may be things, my wife, that I have said best left unsaid, which makes me want him here” (Sophocles 43). As more and more evidence is presented to him in favor of the prophecy, he tries to find a way around it and calls another witness. He refuses to recognize the signs of the prophecy that foretold he would kill his father and marry his mother at the same time, he is eager to uncover the truth. ![]() Oedipus’ pride is the first example of the flawed hero. ![]()
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