Question

In Sophocles's Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, Oedipus discovers that he has unknowingly killed his biological father and married his birth mother. The horror of this truth causes Jocasta, Oedipus’s wife/mother, to hang herself and Oedipus to stab himself in the eyes. What element of Greek tragedy do these final two acts give expression to?
catastrophe

hamartia

anagnorisis

catharsis

hubris

Answer 1

Answer:

for Plato students the answer is E. - Hubris

Explanation:

Answer 2

The element of Greek Tragedy in the final two acts gave an expression to HUBRIS. 

Hubris in Greek Tragedy is the excessive pride the protagonist has that resulted to his or her own misfortune. 

Hubris leads the protagonist to break moral laws, believing him/herself to be greater than the gods. This belief will result to dire consequences that sometimes end up in death.