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1、TheInevitabilityofOedipusesTragedyinOedipustheKingAbstract：OedipustheKing,oneofthemostfamousmasterpiecesofSophocles,isanindisputablyclassicaltragedyinliteraturehistory,andOedipus，tragicfate,murderinghisfatherandmaninghismother,alsohasbeendiscussedfrequentlyb
2、ymanyscholars.ThispapermainlyexplainstheinevitabilityofOedipusestragedyfromthreeaspects:thedominantroleofGodinancientGreektragedy,thetragedytheoryandthetragicflawofOedipus.Keywords：tragedy;fate;inevitability;OedipusOedipustheKing,writtenbySophocles,whowasone
3、ofAthens^threegreattragicdramatists,isthemostinfluentialplayinwestculture.Manyapeoplehasdiscussedandanalyzeditsinceitscreating,andthemostcontroversialpointaboutitisthefateofOedipus-whetheritisdecidedbyApolloortragicflawinOedipus^scharacte匸AsfarasIcansee,thet
4、ragicfateofOedipusisinevitable,whichcanbeillustratedinthefollowing.GodisanindispensibleanddominantroleinancientGreektragedy.Itisknownthattheword“tragedy"means“thesongofgoats'，inancientGreek,whichcomesfromthesacrificialriteofDionysus.Butwhytragedyhassoclosere
5、lationtothesacrificialratewhichisaskingforrichandfertile.SimonnotedthatonlytheprotagonistofthetragedytoexpiatethesinsofhumankindasascapegoatcouldmakesuretheGodfeelpeopledprayerandgivegoodweatherforcorpsandhealthforpeople(2000).ZhualsoclaimedthatancientGreekt
6、ragedyismainlyabouttherelationbetweenGodandmankind,andifwearetryingtoappreciateitrationallywithoutthebackgroundofprimitivemythsandtheviewoflifeoffatalismwewillfailtograsptheessenceofit(1989).Therefore,thedestinyviewisreflectedbyGocTsoracle,whichiscomplexandp
7、owerful.InOedipustheKing,Oedipus"ssparentsgotanoraclefromGodthattheirsonwouldkillhisfatherandmarryhismother.ThisoracledecidedOedipusesandhisfamily，sfate,whichisunavoidable.WhenLaius,Oedipusnaturalfather,gottheoracle,heorderedhisservanttokillhisson,butOedipus
8、didnotdie,andwasadoptedbykingPolybusironically.Moredramatically,OedipuskilledhisnaturalfatherLaiusandmamedhisnaturalmotherJocastawhenheleftCorinthafterknowingtheoracle.Alltheseaccidentsarenotacc
