Oedipus Journal 1

Point of view/ the character of Oedipus:

This tragedy is told through the eyes of King Oedipus. Form the pages I have read for this journal, the whole scene is in The King's perspective. Because the point of view is throughout the king's eyes, who we learn in a very pompous and thinks very highly of himself, puts the reader at a disadvantage. This point of view puts the reader at a disadvantage because it limits the insight they have into the scene because they can only understand the story through Oedipus' eyes. there are very few characters in this first scene, but one feels that they learn very little about any of them, the one one we learn about is the king of Thebes. Through this point of view the reader sees the person of Oedipus, the arrogant and powerful man that he perceives himself to be. This passage focuses on the things he will do for Thebes, the great things he is going to do for the community, and how he will save his people. The point of view elevates the status and importance of the King, because the passage is focused on the king and his actions. This scene is not the most credible because of the King and his heightened view of himself, and also because with only his view we can not find others credible because we can not see into their thought and find what they are saying believable. The author makes the readers not like the King even thought from what he says he is amazing and a great guy. The writer does this through the attitude of Oedipus, because of it we feel a strong dislike to the arrogant ruler of Thebes, which leads us to nt listening or believing the things he says/thinks.