Trapped by the Gods in Oedipus RexA citizen of Pericles in Athens may not have been familiar with the term entrapment, but he or she would surely have recognized the case of Oedipus as such. The tragedy of Oedipus is that he was trapped by the gods. As Teiresias points out, “I say that with those you love most, you unconsciously live in the most filthy shame…” (emphasis mine). God is continually accused of causing Oedipus's troubles. The chorus asks: “What evil spirit has fallen upon your life to bring you misfortune...?” » And Oedipus himself knows well the source of his troubles: “It is Apollo, my friends, Apollo, who brought this bitter bitterness, my sorrows, to its conclusion. Blinded and humiliated, Oedipus thanks Creon for bringing his daughters to him: “May God bless you for this, Creon, and may God keep you on your path better than me! » The Athenian public was probably not obsessed with the injustice of this situation. all. Since the audience would have been well aware of the story and its details, the appeal and entertainment would have been to see the lessons of the story described in a way that emphasized human flaws, particularly illusions that we have about our mastery of affairs. Oedipus himself is described as "masterful", but looking at his story, which we know so well, we find it brimming with irony with each proud declaration of the king. In his argument with Teiresias, Oedipus accuses the seer of being “blind in mind and ears as well as in your eyes.” Teiresias replies that Oedipus is only a “poor wretch who taunts me with the same insults that everyone will soon address to themselves. » Oedipus is indeed convinced of his own virtue, and why not? As the play opens, the priest lavishes praises middle of paper......this of men at least reveres the flame that gives all life, our Lord the Sun, and does not show himself revealed. for him, pollution such that neither the earth, nor the sacred rain, nor the light of day can accommodate. " Oedipus, finally, seems to agree with this acceptance of God's will. When the Chorus suggests that "it would be better to die than to be blind and alive", Oedipus responds: "He is unfit to say what is improper to do. Please, in the name of God, hide me somewhere outside your country, yes, or kill me, or throw me into the sea…” In other words, God will be done. Whatever our mortal purposes, we are caught up in a much greater purpose, or a spider's web, that can catch us and pull us down at any moment. As the play concludes, "no mortal can be considered happy until he has passed the last limit of his life free from pain." Don't look back. Something could win you."