TMacbeth is similar to the character Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Earlier in the story, he gets in a fight with a man riding a chariot, which ends in the man's death. Oedipus doesn't know it, but the stranger he kills is King Laius of Thebes. What Oedipus also doesn't know is that King Laius is his father. You see, Oedipus was abandoned as a baby and grew up in a different city, never knowing his parents. In fact, once he makes it to Thebes, the people are so thankful the Sphinx is gone thathey decide to make him king, so he marries Queen Jocasta, who just happens to be his mother.
Test English 9 Prescriptive Sem 2 Points Possible: 45
In your response, argue that Macbeth's tragic hero status is actually different from Oedipus's. Be sure to