摘 要：《俄狄浦斯王》是古希腊著名作家索福克勒斯的经典作品，在中外文学史上都占有重要的地位。同时，《俄狄浦斯王》也是悲剧作品的原始模型，是古希腊悲剧的经典。本文主要通过对作者、剧情、剧中主要人物等的分析来阐释《俄狄浦斯王》中的悲剧色彩。本文首先介绍《俄狄浦斯王》的作者及其主要内容；其次，通过悲剧的模式、悲剧的人物塑造和经典理论来分析《俄狄浦斯王》中悲剧色彩的体现；接着，从俄狄浦斯的父母以及俄狄浦斯自身分析造成这种悲剧的原因；最后总结全文。希望本文的研究有助于更多人学习悲剧作品的表现形式和文学特点，感受悲剧作品的艺术魅力。

关键词：俄狄浦斯王；悲剧色彩; 悲剧原因

Abstract：Oedipus the King is the classic work of a ancient Greek author named Sophocles. It has an important position all over the world. At the same time, Oedipus the King is the original model of tragedy works. It is the most classic of the ancient Greek tragedy  works. This paper analyzes the tragedy of Oedipus the King mainly through the author, the story of the play and the characters. The author of this paper introduces the theme and the purpose firstly. Then the author analyzes the tragedy of Oedipus the King on the content model, image-building and the classic theories. Following, the author of the paper analyzes the reason for tragedy from Oedipus’ parents and himself. Lastly makes a summary. The author of this paper hopes through the analysis on Oedipus the King, more people will learn the form and literary features of tragedy and feel the artistic charm of tragedy.

Key words: Oedipus the King ; Tragedy; Tragedy Reason

Contents

摘 要 i

Abstract ii

І. Introduction 1

II. The Introduction to Author and Oedipus the King 2

2.1 The Author Sophocles 2

2.2 Oedipus the King 2

Ⅲ. The Embodiment of the Tragedy in Oedipus the King 3

3.1 Tragedy Content Model. 3

    3.1.1 The Theme of the Tragic 3

    3.1.2 The Layout 4

    3.1.3 The Inevitable Irony 4

3.2 Tragedy Image-building 5

    3.2.1 The Value of the Characters 5

    3.2.2 The Sharp Contrast to the Leading Character 6

3.3 Classic Theories 7

    3.3.1 Sphinx Mystery 7

    3.3.2 Scapegoat Mechanism 8

    3.3.3 Oedipus Complex 9

Ⅳ. The Reasons for the Tragedy 10

4.1 Oedipus Parents’ Lust for Power 10

4.2 Oedipus’ Characteristic Features 11

Ⅴ.Conclusion 12

Bibliography 14

Acknowledgments 15

The Analysis on the Tragedy of Oedipus the King

І. Introduction

Tragedy is the category of aesthetics object, and has an important aesthetic status,  originated in ancient Greece, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is one of the most classic among them, has a high artistic achievement. The master of the ancient Greek tragedy Sophocles made the work Oedipus the King more than two thousand years ago, which had been concerned by later generations. Everyone was deeply touched by the story. Some people have mercy of Oedipus or fear to all the tragedy story, no matter what feeling you have. Everyone can not deny its position in the history of literature. The researchers from this tragedy work out of a lot of familiar theories. Such as Oedipus complex and Sphinx mystery and so on. The author of this paper also will introduce from some ways. On the whole of this article, the author of this paper will analyze the aesthetic characteristics of tragedy on behalf of Oedipus the King here. The ancient Greek tragedy are often called the destiny tragedy, the so-called fate tragedy, which is the meaning that the leader character’s freedom will against with the fate, and the ending is that he can not escape the net of fate. “The fight for freedom and the later destiny are the main melody of the ancient Greek tragedy” (Liu 26). However, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is the most classic work which reveals the theme fate leading to tragedy. The destiny, exactly speaking, is the first life process approach towards a purpose, which can not be changed by people’s sense. In the story, the fate is a mysterious power that exists outside people and dominates people. It can not be transformed no matter how people against. The most important part is the embodiment of tragedy. The author of this paper will show it in some aspects. This article analyzes of the tragedy of Oedipus mainly from four aspects with the text analysis method and close-reading to express the theme. At last, The author will talk about some feelings and the modern significance of Oedipus the King from its status and make a summary.