The Pursuit Of Justice In Oedipus Rex

Since Oedipus is king and has had a pleasing life, his basic understanding of justice is limited, to say the least. Apart from escaping his former kingdom, Rex’s life has been tremendously serene. Therefore, Oedipus finds himself in

The city of Thebes happens to have a plague and it's people are very worried. In order to end this plague, Oedipus has to decide if he wants to help or not. When it came to making such decision, Oedipus showed justice by looking for the killer of the king that ruled before him. He took to an understanding that in order for his to be well, he had to get justice from the horrible man that did such thing.

Sometimes humans are incapable of making the right judgment or judge before we have our fact’s. This kind of judgment can do the damage we cannot reverse. In the play, Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, is one of the prime examples of judging them without knowing facts. Oedipus Rex is a tragedy. A tragedy is a play that portrays a conflict between human beings and some superior, overwhelming force. It ends sorrowfully and disastrously, and the outcome seems inevitable. Oedipus the king, seem to be very quick to react and rage. Thebes is suffering a plague which leaves its fields and women barren. The king of Thebes has sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the house of Apollo to find how to end this plague. Creon returns, bearing good news: once the killer of the previous king, Laius, is found, Thebes will be cured of the plague. After hearing that Oedipus swears he will find the murderer and banish him. At the beginning of the play, Kreon inform’s Oedipus that they need to kill the man who had killed the king Laios in order to get rid of the deadly disease. Laios death will open so many facts that Oedipus isn’t expecting.

Thank you for your attention, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, on this very important case. The defendant, Oedipus, has been falsely accused with patricide and incest. Oedipus was completely unaware of the fact that Laius and Jocasta were his parents, so can we really say that he had committed patricide and incest with intention.

The truth that Sophocles is trying to communicate in Oedipus Rex is that the truth is a powerful thing. This truth is communicated in Oedipus not knowing that he is the murderer of Laius, then finding out; the result of Oedipus and Jocasta discovering the truth, and all the horrible events that are caused by this truth. The plot of the story is the uncovering of the truth for Oedipus, which causes Oedipus to gauge his eyes out and for Jocasta to commit suicide. It is about the hardships faced whilst not knowing this truth. Oedipus suffers through not knowing, discovering, and harmful events after discovering he is the murderer of Laius. His hardships last all throughout this play - making it a tragic tale, to say the least. This suffering brought upon Oedipus is caused by the truth that his prophecy has been fulfilled and he has killed his father and married his mother, like the prophecy says he shall.

The character who best responds in some significant role of injustice is “Oedipus the king”. Just by looking on the first few paragraphs, you may conclude Oedipus has some significant role in which his injustice is cruel. His injustice action, he was the killer of his real father which he confuse with his step-father. Then he marries his own mother and builds up a family. Having a daughter which was born to this world with bad reputation, where everyone knew their family history which back then women were forced to marry rich people in order to obtain a good lifestyle which his daughter never did. Even Tho, he being the king of Athens.

“Oedipus the King”, justice is sought for throughout the story. Oedipus learns about a prophecy that will decide his fate which makes him a prime example of searching for justice.  He would define justice as fair treatment and knowledge for all.

In Oedipus the King, Sophocles leads his readers on a journey to find the tragic truth of Oedipus. The journey begins with Oedipus seeking the answer to who killed the former king. Oedipus passionately declares to his people, “So I stand forth a champion of the God and of the man who died. Upon the murderer I invoke this curse” (Sophocles, 264-266). As Oedipus unravels the murder of King Laius, Oedipus discovers that his life’s journey has been a tragic ironic twist.

Oedipus is a man that has a very strong sense of justice. He cares very deeply for his people because he is the king and worries about their wellbeing. He is very impulsive and strong-headed, but he is also a very noble and just person. Oedipus thinks that justice is very important and needed. He carries it out without caring who did the wrong. This shows us that he cares about justice and punishes the wrongdoer even if it is someone very dear to him.

The word justice in our society means, that a person will receive the consequences they deserve for their actions which shows equality among all the people. Justice is being fair and reasonable to punish the culprit . In the playwright, by Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus defines justice by keeping his promise once he finds the killer of Laius. Oedipus then figures out that he is the killer and keeps his word and exiles himself and leaves Thebes. Considering Oedipus the king, it was unexpected that he was the murderer and is the reason of the pollutant city, in spite of that he is the king and he can change the rules, but decided to serve justice for himself and the citizens of Thebes by following his commands from the beginning to the end.

In most people’s opinion, the justice system is effective when it imposes its beliefs and justices on other people. However, when the system changes and decides to impose justice on themselves, this system becomes cruel and unfair. The unpredictability of justice in Oedipus by Sophocles and Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg creates many problems for the characters when they law system they use to govern their societies ends up creating problems for the enforcer of justice. In both works, justice is uncontrollable and unpredictable.

Oedipus was some old guy's book that I didn't read because books are an obsolete form of storytelling, but I do know a litttle bit about it from the tests that I failed.

Oedipus rex is ‘oedipus the king’ has a very unique way of expressing justice. In the play ‘ oedipus the king ‘ it tells of a man whom was told by the oracle that he would one day kill his father and sleep with his mother . oedipus tried escaping his fate by leaving his mother and father , and going to rule somewhere else . little did he know that these were not his parents and he was going to the kingdom where his parents actually lived .he kills the king of thebus not knowing that it was his actual father and sleeps with the queen whom also was his mother . oedipus at the moment was unaware that he killed his father but he later realized that he did and for oedipus rex the only way for justice was being blind so he blinded himself , thus

The ending of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles leaves its viewers imagining themselves in the main character’s position, grateful to be without his problems. All over the course of one day, Oedipus learns that he has unintentionally manifested a prophecy --which he thought he had previously resolved-- by killing his father, replacing him as king, and marrying his wife, Oedipus’ mother. By the end of the day, Oedipus is so distraught after finding out the truth and seeing that Jocasta, his mother, has killed herself, he feels compelled to do something with all his misunderstood, piled up emotions. He takes the gold pins off Jocasta’s clothing and uses them to stab out his eyes. Oedipus takes part in this self-punishment because he believes that he, not the prophecy, is to blame for his actions, that being blind will make him oblivious again, and because he thinks it will somehow make up for his actions so that he can partially relieve himself of the bottomless guilt he now feels.

There are several occurences that lead to Oedipus’ moment of recognisiton, which is his repenting from ignoring the signs that are taken over by his own dogmatism. For example, there are signs given to him by Tiresias and Creon and Loxias as he states, “Why, Loxias declared that I should one day marry my own mother, and with my own hands shed my father’s blood. . .” but which he does not take seriously despite Tiresias record of being right (36). The idea that he might go through such troubles is ingrained onto the back of his head since he believes it enough that he moves away from Corinth -- where he thinks his parents live. This serves as support to the idea or belief that he is not and could not be the killer of Laius.