Is Oedipus responsible for his fate ( I just read it today)
Oedipus is the most Classical Greek tragedy. The protagonist Oedipus' fate which is kill his father and marry his mother is already determined by the gods when he was born. During the decade in Thebes, he is a wise and kind ruler. He loves the city, care about the citizens and loves his wife dearly. However when his citizens asked for help to find out the murderer of Laius' death. He exposes his faults of his character, which is stubborn, arrogance, suspicion and perfectionism. And it is precisely because of his characters driving his fate. Therefore he has a part of responsibility for his own fate.
In the novel, Oedipus always play an agent case. He persist in find out the murderer and even has some stubborn. When Creon returned and bring the message about the reason of plague,"If you wish these people nearby to hear, I am ready to speak, or should we go inside?"he said. But Oedipus refused. He didn't know whether the murderer can be himself. Not only that he is even afraid the murderer will also kill him.He says,"For not on behalf of more distant friends, but as if from myself I shall dispel the stain. For whoever he was who killed that man would as soon kill me with that same violent hand. Helping that one, therefore, I am helping myself."which can tell why he is so stubborn. He is not only finding the murderer for Laius, but also for himself. If he stop to finding out the murderer, he may not know the truth, but he didn't. Therefore his fear and stubborn have brought him close to the truth. ....(continue)
Search from various English teachers...
Corrections · 2
0
He says,"For not on behalf of more distant friends, but as if from myself I shall dispel the stain. For whoever he was who killed that man would as soon kill me with that same violent hand. Helping that one, therefore, I am helping myself."which can tell whyindicates that/explains why he is so stubborn.("indicates that" means that these lines are showing him to be stubborn 指示 "explains why" means 为什么. ) He is not only finding the murderer for Laius, but also for himself. (Better here would be "for Laius's sake, but also for his sake." otherwise is sort of sounds like its for his own murder) If he stops to finding outlooking for the murderer, he may not knowfind out the truth, but he didn'tdoesn't stop. (I changed it to "find out" because it is the revelation of his parentage "out" like 查出''s 出) Therefore his fear and stubbornness have brought him closer to the truth. ....(continue)
Actually, I don't remember Oedipus all that well, but I don't think he's meant to be seen as "stubborn", I think that's just for dramatic emphasis. Like its really really a tragedy because he tries so hard to find out the murderer and its him. Like if he just happened to find out and didn't look for it, then it would be less dramatic and tragic.
0
Is Oedipus responsible for his fate ( I just read it today)
Oedipus is the most famous Classical Greek tragedy. (You could say "the most classic Greek Tragedy" or ""the classic Greek Tragedy" which mean similar things. But you used "Classical" which modifies Greek as a kind of Greek, so I added "famous" to be modified by "the most" since it can't be "the most Classical Greek tragedy" That would be like "the most Cantonese novel" or something.) The protagonist Oedipus' fate which is to kill his father and marry his mother is already determined by the gods when he was/is born.(Tense is tricky here... could say "was already determined... when he was/is" also. Since it is determined when he is born, you can use "is" throughout even with "determined" past tense.) During the decade in Thebes, he is a wise and kind ruler. He loves the city, cares about the citizens and loves his wife dearly. However when his citizens asked/ask for help to find out the murderer of Laius' death.("the cause of Laius' death" "the murderer of Laius") , he exposes his faults of his character, which isare stubbornness, arrogance, suspicion and perfectionism.(or "he exposes his character faults, which are" or "he exposes the faults in his character, which are") And it is precisely because of his characters driving his fate.(This sentence is not good with the rest really... I don't know what "it" refers to so what is "precisely because"... You could say "It is precisely because of these character flaws that he meets his fate." "And it is precisely because of these/his character flaws that he is driven to his fate.") Therefore he has a part of responsibility for his own fate.(Better is "Therefore he is partly responsible for..")In the novel, Oedipus always plays an agent case.(I don't know what you mean here. He plays a detective? He always has an urgency in his actions?) He persists in finding out the murderer and even has some stubbornness. When Creon returned and bringbrought the message about the reason of for the plague, "If you wish these people nearby to hear, I am ready to speak, or should we go inside?"he said. But Oedipus refused. He didn't know whetherthat the murderer cancould be himself.("whether" is used for when its a question, like if Oedipus was unsure if he was the murderer but he thought it was possible either way. But here, you want to say that he had no idea, he didn't know that he could be at all, so "that" instead of "whether") Not only that, but he is even afraid the murderer will also kill him.
Want to progress faster?
Join this learning community and try out free exercises!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!
Start Learning Today
