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Aristotle once stated that “Tragedy is the imitation of an action [and] thought and character are the two natural causes from which action [springs]” (Aristotle). When looking into the complex of “Oedipus Rex” one finds this quote both contradictory and self-explanatory. Yet this Athenian Tragedy supports Aristotle’s examination. And further does so through its thematic depiction that character flaw is the main director of a tragic hero’s suffering.
Accordingly, Aristotle’s statement defining Athenian tragedy profoundly supports the actions of Oedipus as the accelerators of his tragic fate; “character determines men’s qualities, but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse.”