Being as Oedipus the King’s storyline was already laid out, I can’t blame Sophocles for some of the events I didn’t agree with. First of all, I know I shouldn’t laugh at this myth because the ancient Greeks actually believed it, but I did. The Sphinx was a monster with the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. I just think it’s weird that someone would actually make up a story with something like the Sphinx in it. It sounds like something out of a science fiction story, and I just don’t like science fiction. Next, why did Oedipus gouge his eyes out? I understand why Oedipus would do something so

Finally, there was one part of Oedipus the King that I didn’t like and can blame on Sophocles. That was the part where the chorus seems to go on and on about the gods and how Apollo and Zeus should save them. They chanted on about how they would never go to Delphi or another temple if Oedipus’ story wouldn’t come true. I did not like reading that part at all and consider it a waste of Sophocles’ talent. ----------------

When applied to Oedipus this theme is more apparent. After he went to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, he learned of what shameful thing he was to do. When he tried to dodge it, he only made it really come true. There is the possibility that had Oedipus controlled his curiosity of his biological parents, none of this never would have happened. He never would have even went to Delphi and then fled from Corinth. He never would have met up with his real father and killed him. He never would have married his mother and father her other children. On the other hand, had he never done this, I think the gods would have found a way to make it happen. They needed this to happen because Oedipus defeated the horrible Sphinx and saved Thebes from its terrible reign. Oedipus also helped to restore Thebes. --------------------------

I pictured Oedipus as tall and muscular with curly brown hair, always dressed in a stereotypical toga, reminiscent of the times. Oedipus was a round character because he was just, innocent, and good-hearted, yet he was extremely stubborn and headstrong. He was also a developing character because he changed throughout the course of the story. In the beginning and middle, he adamantly refused to believe he could possibly be the terrible man he’s accused of. Yet, in the end he finally does come to realize the truth

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