Oedipus the King

After finishing the play, I had a new appreciation for Greek tragedies. I knew how the play would end because we have been over the story in previous English classes but actually reading it, made the story better. I did not really like any of the characters in the play because they all had a flaws that led to their demise. Oedipus was selfish and rude. He treated the blind prophet so poorly even though he was telling the truth. Jocasta was so caught up in thinking she escaped the prophecy that she refused to acknowledge the fact that the prophecy had actually come true. Creon wasn't too bad but not enough information was given about him. I think that Sophocles made the characters that way so that one could predict how their ends would come.