15980. OEDIPUS REX AS A TRAGIC HERO. This paper discusses how Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex character falls to misfortune as a result of his own pride and haste, and thus matches the classic description of a ‘tragic hero’ given by Aristotle in his Poetics. Written 2003. 6 pages; 10 footnotes; 2 bibliographic sources. 1,508 words.