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, a tragic victim of fate, easily meets the criteria of the tragic hero. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero can not be extremely virtuous or evil, they must be on the middle ground. This is true of Oedipus, in the eye of the public, he is a concerned, caring ....

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.... in fact he is the problem. This is hidden from him, when he is made aware of this, and the atrocities he has committed, he endures great suffering. His wife and mother commits suicide, and due to the emense emotional burden this situation puts upon him, he gouges his eyes out. Due to his level of suffering, the audience or reader feels a sense of pity for Oedipus, which is another characteristic of a tragic hero. His flaw causes him to commit an atrocity, the emotional and physical consequences of which destroy him, causing the audience to feel pity for him. Oedipus Rex meets all of the criteria necessary to become a tragic hero, there ....