The plot is the soul of the tragedy; it is the arrangement of the incidents . Oedipus Rex is well planned out and follows the outline, which a tragedy should follow. Oedipus left all he had, and his family, all because he was afraid of murdering his father. He sets off by foot towards the city of Thebes, poor, and with nothing except the clothes on his back. He gains power of the thrown by defeating the Sphinx and answering her riddle. The irony sets in when it is made known that Oedipus actually did kill his father, and that his father was

Laios, not the King of Corinth. He finds out that he married his mother and had children with her. By the end, Oedipus blinds himself and is in exile. He went from having nothing; to having everything, to once again having nothing. This is exactly how a tragedy's plot should be. "The higher you climb, the further you fall" is a cliche that is reflective of the play and of Oedipus. I believe Oedipus Rex has the perfect plot for a tragedy and Oedipus is a tragic hero.

I agree with Aristotle when he says that Oedipus Rex is a model tragedy. It has all the great characteristics of a tragedy, including plot, character and thought. Sophocles created a tragic hero as seen in Oedipus, and made it easy for all of us to comprehend the tragedy and the irony in the play.

Furthermore, not only does Oedipus Re

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