Oedipus themes
Q.1 What is a tragic flaw? What is Oedipus’s tragic flaw? Give examples of how this is repeatedly demonstrated in the play. Tragic refers to a state that is perfectly characterized by the terms sorrow or extreme distress, whereas the combined meaning of tragic flaw will refer to a personality trait within an individual that becomes their eventual downfall. Aristotle’s “Poetic” gives a clear and definitive meaning to tragic flaws,