Oedipus Conflicts

Conflict can arise in many different situations. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles’ and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams conflict was an ongoing issue and it takes many turns for better as well as for worst. Conflict is described as a clash between opposing forces. There are many different types of conflicts throughout the plays. The use of intrapersonal conflict, interpersonal conflict, and personal conflict in the play provide good examples of what the characters are dealing with. Man v. man , man v. himself, and man v. fate are also great examples to categorize the type of groups and conflicts.
In the play, Oedipus Rex, the idea of man v. man becomes a significant problem. This type of conflict is known as interpersonal conflict or conflict between two people. Interpersonal conflict is the main type of conflict carried throughout the play. In the play,
This type of conflict can begin to affect the individual thoughts, values, principals, emotions, as well as their fate. The idea of man v. fate allows emphasis on how the king could not escape his fate. This puts the character against reality and what he can soon face. When the Shepard brought the infant Oedipus into the wilderness he hoped it would help him escape his fate. The oracle said he would kill his dad and marry his mom. He later killed his father and married Jocasta. By running from his fate he made sure it happened. Knowing he can’t escape it he states “ I reck not how fate deals with me but my unhappy children—for my sons be not concerned , O Kreon, they are men, and for themselves, where’er they be, can fend (Sophocles 46). This is like the lesson in The Glass Menagerie. The main character Tom questions his fate. He was torn between the desire to fulfill his dreams and his sense/ responsibility to his mother and sister (Williams 23). Both characters determined their own fate through the actions they chose to