opposite. Recognition, is a change from ignorance to knowledge leading .
either to friendship or hostility depending on whether the character is marked .
with good fortune or bad. There is a phrase used by Aristotle in Poetics, .
"from the machine," which is basically any implausible way of solving .
complications of the plot. "from the machine" phrase should be employed.
only for events external to the drama, which lie beyond the range of human.
knowledge, and which require to be reported or foretold. Lastly, Aristotle.
explains the importance of the chorus in a tragedy. According to him, it.
should be regarded as one of the actors. Therefore, the chorus should be.
integrated into performance and be considered as part of the whole.
In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic.
hero.According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is.
a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his life story. There are a.
numberof characteristics described by Aristotle that identify a tragic hero. For.
example, a tragic hero must cause his own downfall; his fate is not deserved,.
and his punishment exceeds the crime; he also must be of noble stature and.
have greatness. Oedipus is in love with his idealized self, but neither the.
grandiose nor the depressive "Narcissus" can really love himself (Miller 67).
All of the above characteristics make Oedipus a tragic hero according to .
Aristotle's ideas about tragedy, and a narcissist. Using Oedipus as an ideal.
model, Aristotle says that a tragic hero must be an important or influential.
man who makes an error in judgment, and who must then suffer the.
consequences of his actions. Those actions are seen when Oedipus forces .
Teiresias to reveal his destiny and his father's name. When Teiresias tries to.
warn him by saying " I say that you and your most dearly loved are wrapped .
together in a hideous sin, blind to the horror of it" (Sophocles 428). Oedipus.