Oedipus the King: Does Oedipus Satisfy the Definition of a Good Man? Es

Does Oedipus Satisfy the Definition of a Good Man? As a young valet, Oedipus learned of his compulsion to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus flees to a distant land to efflux his terrible fate and inadvertently fulfills the prophecy. Unknowingly, Oedipus kills his father and enters the bed of his mother. Was Oedipus was a satisfactory man who happened to suffer an unfortunate fate, or was he a actually bad person, whose fate was only just? If we accept the Aristotelian views of unattackable and bad, as expressed in The Good, Oedipus was indeed a well-behaved man by saving the city, ruling justly and searching for the truth although his individual retirement account could be seen as a flaw. In his first dealings with the city of Thebes, Oedipus found them under the curse of the Sphinx. He actually gained his position of might of Thebes by rendering unto the city a great service, namely the salvation of the city from the Sphinxs plague. Aristotle praised the ty pe of cleverness and practical wisdom Oedipus exhibited in his resolve to the riddle as being a component of overall goodness. If it were non for Oedipus virtuous action in saving Thebes, the citizens would have suffered untold disasters at the merciless hands of the Sphinx. After proving his worth as a good man and his concern for the citizens of what was seemingly a foreign city, Oedipus was well wish by the people of Thebes. The people of Thebes liked their linguistic rule, and he in change shape ruled over them in a good and just way, arduous to help them in their times of need. Aristotle believed that good in man existed in doing his job well. A good carpenter was one who worked with his wood and create things as best as possible a good ruler presided over his people justly. Oedipus was a go... ...lege Publishers, 1999. Aristotle. The Good. Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Ed. Bernard F. Dukore. Fort expense Harcourt, 1974. Benardete, Seth. Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus. In Sophocles A accruement of Critical Essays, edited by doubting Thomas Woodard. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Dodds, E. R. On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Oedipus Rex A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Michael J. OBrien. New Jersey Prentice-Hall, 1968. 17-29. Harmon, William, and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to Literature. 8th ed. top(prenominal) Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall, 1999. Knox, Bernard M. W. The Heroic Temper Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Berkeley U of California Press, 1964. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. An Introduction to Literature, 11th ed.Eds. Sylvan Barnet, et al. New York Longman, 1997.