Oedipus Rex – CharacterizationThis essay will illustrate the types of characters depicted in Sophocles' tragic drama Oedipus Rex, whether they are static or dynamic, flat or round, and whether they are depicted through representation or narrative. technique.Seth Benardete in "Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus" depicts the protagonist in only one dimension of his complete character, that of a suffering soul: Everyone is sick, but no one is as sick as Oedipus, because all others suffer individually, while he alone suffers collectively. He's someone like no other. As a ruler, he is like one who, without being a number, is the principle and measure of all numbers. Oedipus' illness is truly unequal to the citizens, because he is the source of theirs, but he only considers himself ill because his pain is the sum of each partial pain. Oedipus always speaks on behalf of the city as a whole (109). As the protagonist, Oedipus is at the center of the story. The dialogue, action, and motivation revolve around the characters in the story (Abrams 32-33). Werner Jaeger, in "Sophocles' Mastery of Character Development," pays the playwright Sophocles the highest compliment in character development: The indelible impression that Sophocles leaves on us today and his imperishable position in world literature are both due to his character. -drawing. If we ask which of the men and women of Greek tragedy have an independent imaginary life outside the very scene and plot in which they appear, we must answer: "those created by Sophocles, before all others » (36). Sophocles' main characters can surely be said to grow beyond two-dimensionality to become truly rounded physical presences. This is done primarily through presentation technique, although the choir is sometimes involved in communicating various information to the audience. At the beginning of Oedipus Rex, the reader sees a king who comes to the door full of curiosity: “Explain your mood and your intention. Is it the fear of evil that moves you or a godsend that you dream of? When the priest responded that the people were in despair because of the effects of the plague, the king shows another dimension of his character with his deep sympathy for his subjects: "You are all sick, well, me, but my pain, / No matter how great my pain. yours surpasses everything.