Can you guess the hamartia for Oedipus? Yup, you guessed it, hubris. Like in most other early plays, its the main character's pride that really bring them down, though they are most usually in a horrible predicament already in the play. Oedipus Rex most relates to that Julius Caesar play by shakespheare and Antigone, which it is close to. Some character in these plays who is seen regularly has a horrible case of excessive pride that either causes or accelerates their downfall. There also tends to be alot of pathos- you know, woe is me and all that jazz- like how there is an appeal to your pity for Oedipus and his...uncommon predicament. As far as i've read of Oedipus Rex, catharsis doesn't have a role in the story yet, but i'm as sure it will at the end. It just wouldn't be an early play if there wasn't some form of catharsis at the end of the play that the troubled characters commit.
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