Oedipus Justice Analysis

The delay in justice can be another form of injustice. What is justice? Justice is being equal, moral, fair and right. In Sophocles, tragic play, Oedipus was not served with justice, and he didn’t deserve his punishment. In Greek times, a prophecy is believed that a son will kill his father in order to grow closer to their mother, and eventually marry them. Faced with a colossal situation in his life, Oedipus must come to understand the true meaning of justice. Through the killing of his father, and incestious marriage to his mother, rather than ending his life once he realizes that he cannot serve himself justice, he chooses a different route, and relies on the justice that the Gods will give him by accepting the consequences of what he’s
Once Oedipus is confided in with the horrible truth of who he actually is, Oedipus stabs his eyes, blinding himself and leaves Thebes in self- exile. His mental stability is deteriorated once he finds out that he unknowingly committed incest, and killed his father. The issue here is the issue of justice. There is little that can be done to restore justice to what has happened to Oedipus. Oedipus feels that through his own actions of blinding himself and then going into self- exile, he feels that some justice has been restored. The person who is responsible has been punished and there is a belief that what he has done will help to bring order and redemption to Thebes, since in Oedipus’ mind he believes that he has caused all of this havoc. Oedipus is an important figure because he is able to assert power to restore justice even when both elements are absent in his world. However, injustice is present in his world. Oedipus must go through self blinding and self exile in order to deal with the well-being of his mental body, his conscience rather than the well-being of his physical body, because of his parents mistake. Oedipus' actions restore the moral and ethical order to a world that seems to lack