Oedipus, at first glance, is a tragedy that seems very unrelatable. However, as we read it and look between the lines, we realize that it might not be completely irrelevant in to us. Oedipus does everything in his power to avoid the prophecy given to him, but in the end he it still comes true. This is the lesson that we can take from the tragedy; no matter how hard we work towards something, we can't always controls what happens to us.
Besides the moral hidden in Oedipus, we also learned about the meaning of tragedy, or should I say meaning(s). Tragedy is one of the harder forms of literature to define. Most all of the explanations talk about a great suffering felt by the main character, which is normally brought upon themselves. In addition to the suffering, there is always a catharsis or happy feeling the audience feels by the end, which I think is the most important element to tragedies. For example, In Romeo and Juliet, even though Juliet dies at the ends, she is able to feel and understand what true love is before she goes. Oedipus is shown mercy by Creon which gives the readers a sense of hope for him. Catharsis is what makes tragedies plausible, there has to be something to hope for to overcome all of the bad events occurring through the story. Catharsis
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