Human Flaws, Divine Justice
In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles explains to us that our >justice= is worthless, how we only make things worse by trying to be just, and how the gods will make everything equal, anyway. Furthermore, no matter how hard we try, we cannot escape the will of the gods, they=re just too powerful. All this being said, it is obvious that Sophocles was an anarchist, believing that the best thing would be for everyone to just hope that they=re in the good graces of the gods, and act without laws.
First he makes clear that the justice of humans is insufficient. Some times…
