Sophocles’s Oedipus is perhaps the most famous tragedy ever written. It follows the principles of Aristotle’s unities of time, place, and action and most of the story unfolds through the dialogue of the characters. Oedipus is king of Thebes which has been succumbed in sickness and death. Cr...

A mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability is called Hero. A man admired for his achievements and noble qualities. In Early Greek plays, they are taller and larger than any other men. They were very strange and attractive. While anti hero is...

Oedipus the King According to Webster's Dictionary, fate is defined as "A power that supposedly predetermines what is to happen" (257). In the play "Oedipus Rex" each character is touched by fate directly or indirectly. The author of the play Sophocles pens the story of a man who was destine from b...