Oedipus REx

Human Flaws, Divine Justice In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles explains to us that our >justice= is worthless, how we only make things worse by trying to be just, and how the gods will make everything equal, anyway. Furthermore, no matter how hard we try, we cannot escape the will of the gods, they=re just too powerful. All this being said, it is obvious that Sophocles was an anarchist, believing that the best thing …

…guide the world better than we humans ever could. Who can blame him, though? Greece was a mess of city states that warred with each other often, regardless of the ever-expanding, imposing Roman Empire. And in our times, we have all kinds of problems. We go around making people hate us, and then striking them down when they do. Perhaps the best thing to do would actually be to say truthfully AIn God We Trust@.