The Greek statesman Sophocles writes the tragedy Oedipus Rex in the year 440 B.C. This tragedy is generally regarded as Sophocles' greatest masterpiece. Even Aristotle writes in his famous book Poetics that the purpose of a tragedy is to arouse pity and fear in the audience. Each of the plays in the Oedipus Trilogy achieves this goal that Aristotle defines to be the mark of the tragedy.
The basic plot of Oedipus Rex is a man's effort to outwit fate. At birth he is foretold to kill his father and marry his mother. In an effort to stop this from happening, his parents Laius and Jocasta order…
