Importance of the natural environment of the impact of Oedipus Rey’s work
In the universal literature there is a magnificent work "Oedipus King" whose plot revolves around the human being as a victim of his destiny, this being what shows the dramatic gender he possesses, given that this kind of tragedy originated in the mythical background , since it presents fantastic facts based on both real and non -existent aspects, therefore, it continues in its narration axes that stipulate the Aristotelian principles in its space of space, and action, so that this excellent theatrical piece places its beginnings in the Greek attic period in the 5th century. C era in which the beginnings of its author are based that is sophocles that is distinguished by being a famous Greek figure that was born in the year 495 to. C in Colonus Athens and fenhed in ancient Athens in 406 to. C, he was part of the time period in which the Peloponnesian war expressive that is exhibited in each of his writings, so that his personality is characterized by being peaceful, since he was not interested in politics, so that from it it is that his style of writing suffered changes that differentiated him due that in his works he showed a formal perfection in which I leave the recharged style of Esquilo and was a participant in the roughness and artifice for his stories.
On the other hand, in terms of its structure this is linear, since it focuses on a time of conflict, revelation and punishment in an orderly manner in the sole act in which the same one that consists of a prologue is divided, with four agones and we are in which countless events are evidence King shows as a general idea as a martyr of his destiny the same as part from a mythological and religious point of view to the acts of decision and morals that were fundamental in the society of the time, where the work manifests the struggle of the protagonist for Prevent the situations or facts that are already marked in their life thanks to their destiny, because although Oedipus tries to change everything they end up fulfilling the prophecies and together with it, it is observed An the misfortunes that help them by an attempt to escape.
In turn, you can specify the internal context that is represented in the thirteenth century to.C. The one who stipulates that the destiny of the human being is already described and cannot be altered by leaving in this way of course what the author wants to express, so that the historical part focuses on the same times where the greatest splendor of Greece was classic as well as its decline by the Peloponnesian war being these factors that influenced the writing of the theatrical piece since it reveals an environment that has a great impact on the life of its characters both main and secondary so that among Those of us found Oedipus who configures as the protagonist, he had the misfortune of being abandoned at birth for the cruel destiny that awaited him, because he would kill his father and marry his mother, we also found the character character that is characterized by being king of Thebes and father of Layo who with his dire actions condemns his whole family to suffering and pain, instead Layo is a character who for the warning of an oracle of Cide abandoned his only firstborn, not knowing that over time he would meet his son and end up fulfilling the prophecy, on the contrary Yocasta is a wife and widow of Layo and Mother and Edip His own son, Creon on the other hand is Yocasta’s brother, finally this Tiresias who is a blind fortune that are indices of the events that address the environment of each subject among them is the courage with which Oedipus faces his inhuman destiny, the confidence that the people of Thebes had to his king, the cowardice and the error that the interpreter makes because He thinks he can go against his decreed future.
That is why these events are the ones that concern the plot of this drama that begins with an event that whips the city of Thebes "the plague" a disease that was causing the death of the entire town. In despair, they go to the agora to ask for the intervention and help of King Oedipus, in order to understand the cause and solution of such a frightening scourge, Oedipus asks Creon to go to the Oracle of Delphi to know how to get rid of this event, where After the consultation it is revealed that the plague is a punishment imposed by the gods for the murder of King Layo, where the only way to make the plague stop whistling Thebes is finding the culprit of the death of Layo so that Oedipus asks for Oedipus that it is investigated, meanwhile he asks Tiresias a blind fortune In an incest with his own mother, before the terrible reality, Yocasta decided to take his life suicide, Oedipus afflicted the eyes with some brooches from his mother’s dress and exile the Thebes in the company of one of his daughters Antígon A, being his punishment for being blind of truth, therefore he is condemned to always live alone and devoid of all consideration and power.
From this, the themes that denote the general theme of the tragic work are exposed, which are the cult of the gods, the violence and self-agreecion reflected in the actions committed by Oedipus from the beginning until the end of the drama.
Here is the following appointment that frames the book: "Oedipus: that you send me banished from the country … Sachame now from here" (Sophocles) … In the same way death is another relevant aspect that addresses the fateful in terms of the actions of each One of their characters and the surroundings that are the case of the protagonist who kills his father without knowing and marries his mother without suspecting him, this is evidenced in the following appointment “Tiresias: I affirm that you are the murderer of man about man of which they are investigating ”(fochocles)
Simultaneously, it is important It is through this that it can be detailed that the scenario in which the work takes.
In summary, Oedipus Rey is a work that guides arguments such as abandonment, misfortune, sacrifice, human misfortune that leads to the dramatic genre and the tragic species of which it is composed where the reactions in terms of knowledge of the knowledge of the knowledge of the knowledge of the Truth, so that this is an axis that particularizes the importance of this Greek tragedy in the literature, since its architect Sophocles was inspired by the values and morals to write it.
In short, Sophocles attributes through its writing the construction of a better world where the impact that “Oedipus Rey” has on readers is the sample of the consequences of our actions or errors that in the end will make us self-employed we are punished being a Of course, Oedipus, he also shows us the way of thinking of the Greeks about things that are now of great rejection, as in the case that a son liquids his father and marries his mother, in short this magnificent Theatrical piece encourages humanity to think before committing something that can repent for the rest of his life.
References
- Sophocles. (s.F.). King Oedipus. Freeditorial.
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