Is Oedipus considered a weak character?
Well, that depends on who you are asking. I don’t think that Oedipus was weak. I think he was an amazingly strong character overall… but maybe there was some weakness underneath. He couldn’t deal with tragedy… he couldn’t pick up and go on. He felt like the Universe had turned against him and trapped him… And although that was pretty typical for the “tragedy” form that he was written in, and in his case maybe it had… at least the author had him doomed. 🙂 But hopefully real people can confront tragedy… even as bad as Oedipus had to deal with… and still survive and go on. Is that weak? I don’t think so. I think he was a strong leader… maybe even harsh, and that is who he was overall. But he had weaknesses, and even though they weren’t as big as his strengths, he allowed them to overwhelm him.
