<Tab/>Tragic heroes and epic heroes possess similar characteristics and their ultimate outcome is determined by fate. Some heroic characteristics of tragic heroes include the desire of finding the truth no matter the consequences. Secondly, it includes the desire and will power to set the wrong things right. Another characteristic of tragic heroes is the act of maintaining a high standard of principle, that is, making sure everything is set in …showed first 75 words of 1078 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1078 total…of flaws they may possess. As mention earlier, their fate determines the end chapter of their life. In the case of Oedipus, there were no flaws mentions in the play Oedipus the King. Instead, he was portrayed as an extraordinary man who solved the riddle of the spinx and because of his fate given the queen to wed who ended up being his mother as fate would have it to be, thus fulfilling the prophesy.