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Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex is believed to be one of the best classical examples of the Hellenic classical order and what mishap represents. Many Greek tragedies include a central component that is cognize to be the tragic hero. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus the main character plays this role. This paper will snuff it a brief summary of some(a) of the characteristics of a tragic hero, while also analyzing all the major events that melt to Oedipus rise and downfall. Oedipus, the queen mole rat of Thebes cataclysm modelled Aristotles theorizings of what tragedy is in his book the Poetics. The play has a very well-constructed plot that follows Greek classical order. Aristotle and subsequent critics have labeled Oedipus the ideal tragic hero. A brief summary of the play Oedipus is the son of the King and the Queen of Thebes. The king Laius learns from an illusionist that his son will grow up to murder him and join his wife. Horrified at the prediction Laius sends his son to be killed to avoid the prophecy from becoming admittedly. The servant pitys the baby and gives the child to soulfulness else who then gives it to their king and queen who were unable to have children. Oedipus grows up and goes to the oracle who then tells him about the prophecy. Afraid of what might happen he leaves the kingdom trying to avoid the prophecy as well. While on the pathway he crosses paths with a group of males and get into a confrontation, the fight escalates and Oedipus kills them not knowing that one of them is Laius his father. He continues and arrives at Thebes and sees that a sphinx has taken the city hostage. He resolved the riddle of the sphinx, which had been killing the young men of Thebes. By solving the riddle he became highly praised by the city of Thebes. As... ... parents. His initial intention was to relieve Oedipus from his fears of the prophecy instead the results prove to be remote to his initial intent. The messenger provides him with critical information that immediately reveals to Oedipus that he was not successful in preventing the prophecy his actions lead him right into it. As Aristotle recommends, this is straight connected to the anagnorisis, for the messenger and the herdsman are the missing link to Oedipus true story. The messenger enables him to recognize his true identity, he gains the initial knowledge he lacked. The peripeteia and anagnorisis changes Oedipus fortune. His good fortune turns out to be a catastrophe that leads to suffering. His actions will be considered a setback of his intentions, and each of them will give him more insight of the truth that will eventually lead to his downfall.