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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'A TRAGIC HERO OR NOT - Oedipus', 1.
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Sean Hovan 5
Oedipus/Tragic Hero
3/12/97
A Tragic Hero or Not?
Oedipus is definitely a tragic hero. In Aristotle's theory he talks about the ways you become a tragic hero. The first thing that happened to Oedipus is the 'the reversal of fortune leading up to a final recognition'. In the story this happens man times, When he is a baby he was sent to the mountain to be killed which would be a misfortune. A shepherd comes up to the mountain and saves him by bringing him back to Corinth. Oedipus kills his biological father. Later in life Oedipus solves the riddle of the sphinx and becomes…

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