once Oedipus realized she was his mother. Iokaste was also forced into telling him the truth about the murder of his father after being accused of the crime himself. As the play progressed, Oedipus’s image radically changed from a strong king into a weak and injured man. 7) Why does Oedipus himself? Is this an act of weakness or of strength? Why does he ask Kreon to drive him from Thebes? Does he feel that his fate has been just or unjust? In his suffering, in fact, deserved, partially deserved, Undeserved? Oedipus blinds himself after learning the horrific truth about his life. As much as he tried to avoid his destiny, Oedipus unconsciously ran into the life he has wished to avoid. He existed only to run away from his predetermined life, to finally learn that he had essentially killed his father and begot his own mother. After being pierced with the dreadful truth, Iokaste ran away from Oedipus only to hang herself to death. At the sight of this, Oedipus clinched the decoration of her dress and jabbed at his eyes until he could no longer see the horrible sight in front of him. Oedipus justified his sudden action by screaming the blinding hand was my own! How “But could I bear to see when all my sight was horror everywhere?”(1255). His action initially showed a sign of weakness as his frustration and great disappointment led him to his own collapse. Even thought Oedipus was suffering greatly, he accepted his fate because he knew his actions were completely wrong. We later see his self inflicted fall as a sign if strength when he says me go “let Kreon, let me purge my father’s Thebes of the pollution. Oedipus sacrificed his life because knew that the only way to save Thebes was to extinguish himself from the city. He could no longer serve as a respected king who could offer protection of the city. I without o a doubt believe that Oedipus’s suffering was not deserved. He was simply born into his fate and could do nothing to avoid it.
once Oedipus realized she was his mother. Iokaste was also forced into telling him the truth about the murder of his father after being accused of the crime himself. As the play progressed, Oedipus’s image radically changed from a strong king into a weak and injured man. 7) Why does Oedipus himself? Is this an act of weakness or of strength? Why does he ask Kreon to drive him from Thebes? Does he feel that his fate has been just or unjust? In his suffering, in fact, deserved, partially deserved, Undeserved? Oedipus blinds himself after learning the horrific truth about his life. As much as he tried to avoid his destiny, Oedipus unconsciously ran into the life he has wished to avoid. He existed only to run away from his predetermined life, to finally learn that he had essentially killed his father and begot his own mother. After being pierced with the dreadful truth, Iokaste ran away from Oedipus only to hang herself to death. At the sight of this, Oedipus clinched the decoration of her dress and jabbed at his eyes until he could no longer see the horrible sight in front of him. Oedipus justified his sudden action by screaming “But the blinding hand was my own! How could I bear to see when all my sight was horror everywhere?”(1255). His action initially showed a sign of weakness as his frustration and great disappointment led him to his own collapse. Even thought Oedipus was suffering greatly, he accepted his fate because he knew his actions were completely wrong. We later see his self inflicted fall as a sign if strength when he says “let me go Kreon, let me purge my father’s Thebes of the pollution. Oedipus sacrificed his life because knew that the only way to save Thebes was to extinguish himself from the city. He could no longer serve as a respected king who could offer protection of the city. I without o a doubt believe that Oedipus’s suffering was not deserved. He was simply born into his fate and could do nothing to avoid it.