Blending Tragedy

Michael Khaitov

Blending Tragedy

Destiny, the uncontrollable force which guides the paths of humanity, is often tempered with, within the Greek classics. It is the nature of humans to not believe in what has been dealt to them, to try to cheat out of their existence, ultimately hoping to carve own journeys through life. It has been proven that men, believe in themselves to be above average, most see oneself as less likely to suffer then all others, an idea which defies statistical probability. It is the naпve flaw within humanity to see oneself as being special in the eyes of god. If ones neighbor becomes sick, the person sees himself with better chances not to do so. If one sees an accident happening to someone else, he believes that he will not confront the same fate, and so the same happening can be found with Oedipus Rex. The king has been confronted with a fate so terrible, that such a prophecy would make life worse then the depths of hell. He has been told by a prophet with proven abilities he will kill his own father, sleep with his own mother, and worst of all bear children with her, a daughter also being a sister to him. However, failing to understand the importance of such a dooming prophecy, Oedipus chooses to ignore it instead, believing that the gods are wrong and that it is he himself who decides what his faith shall be. Oedipus naivety leads him to committing his greatest error, in dismissing the prophecy and blindly leading himself onto such a decedent fate. His demise highlights the weaknesses of humanity, and that even the greatest of our specious are only human.

In Oedipus the King, it is shown how when humanity sees truth which it does not want to accept, it does everything within its power to ignore it. From the start, Oedipus' fate is obvious to all but him, whom has chose to forcefully blind himself from the horrors which will without doubt be unleashed onto him. He is informed of his fate by numerous profits, however still continues to think that they are all wrong. Oedipus wants the prophecy to be wrong so badly that he is willing to tell his own wife of it, even though it involves her just as much as it does him. He cannot imagine of it coming true, so he believes