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Aristotle loved the Sophocles tragedy Oedipus, King. The play opens with Laius, king of Thebes and Jocasta. Oedipus is born to the king and queen of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta. An oracle predicts that Oedipus will kill his dad and marry his mom. A shepherd cares for their child after the terrified kings leave him to die in wilderness. The shepherd brings Oedipus with him to Corinth. There, he is adopted and raised by the queen and king. Oedipus, when he is older, learns he was adopted. He then goes to the oracle for answers. Oracles instead predict that Oedipus will marry his mother, kill his dad and then be adopted. Oedipus doesn’t believe he has been truly adopted. So, he leaves Corinth. In a road intersection, he fights with a group traveling from Thebes. Then he kills King Laius. In the end, he marries Queen Jocasta in Thebes. He is a good ruler and he has four children with Jocasta. Jocasta is driven to suicide by a sorcerer who reveals their truth. Oedipus, meanwhile, removes his eyes from Thebes and is banished to wandering as a beggar.
Aristotle regarded Oedipus as the perfect tragic tale. It is a well-written story with a complex plot. Oedipus’s tragic end is brought about by a series of unforeseeable and coincidental events. This unavoidable error is intended to show the fragility of human life. The drama, which “shows the courage of a person who faces adversity”, elicits emotions such as fear and pity. Oedipus, who has wandered the world as a blind begging beggar for years, eventually attains a kind of saintly stature among his fellow Greeks. Aristotle’s general concept of art deems Oedipus as a good example of what anyone could experience in Greek society.
Antigone is the third tragedy of Sophocles’ trilogy “Oedipus”. This tragedy is set in the Civil War, a few centuries after Oedipus tragic demise. Creon, the son of Thebes, assumes control of Thebes following the death of Polyneices in battle. Creon, in order to insult the opponents he is trying to insult, orders that Eteocles will be buried with honor but Polyneices will be left to rot. Antigone & Ismene, the daughters of Oedipus, plan to disobey Creon & bury Polyneices. Ismene is threatened with death and decides to refuse to help her sister. Antigone, who buried her brother, is taken into custody and brought to Creon for judgment. Creon, who believes Antigone to be right in claiming her sister’s innocence, imprisons them both. Haemon comes as Antigone’s husband and Creon’s father to show his support for his father. Haemon swears to never see Creon again. Creon spares Ismene and orders Antigone to remain in the cave for eternity. The blind soothsayer Teiresias warns Creon to release Antigone, bury Polyneices’ body and not let the gods take one of his own children. Otherwise they will steal Polyneices and turn Greece against Thebes. Creon reluctantly agrees, but it’s already too late. The messenger tells Creon that Haemon, Antigone and his wife have all committed suicide. Creon, a man racked with self-blame, returns to his house at the end of the play. The chorus declares that Gods punish those who are proud and will teach the people who have been punished wisdom.
Aristotle says that the goal of tragedy is to achieve “catharsis”, or purification, in the audience. This will leave them feeling uplifted and cleansed with a better understanding of the gods’ and men’s ways. This catharsis occurs when the audience witnesses a tragic and moving change to the story’s protagonist.
