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Throughout history, many writers have used the so called "tragic hero" as the center for their material. This story is most commonly viewed as a tragedy, hence the name "tragic hero". A tragedy is defined as a series of casually related even ....

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... In the story of Oedipus, the circumstances seemed to have made his attempt to evade the bad luck all in vain. His mistaken judgement was deciding to take someone's life, even though it might be deserved, "Being enraged, strike him who jostled me… he rolls down headlong; and I slay them all!"(29). Another mistake might have been his decision to marry Jocasta. Had he never married, he could have avoided his misery, "And how can I help dreading my mother's bed?"(35). But where would the story be then? "Declared that I should one day marry my own mother and with my own hands shed my father's blood"(36), as a so-called prophecy and dec ...