بازشناخت در رستم و سهراب و تراژدي اديپ شهريار

Struggle for Recognition: The Tragedies of "Rostam and Sohrab" and "Oedipus the King"

The tragedies of "Rostam and Sohrab" and "Oedipus the King" have certain points in common. There is a "struggle for recognition" in both. According to the legend of Shahnameh, after years without any real knowledge of one another, Rostam and Sohrab (father and son) face each other in battlefield, on the opposing sides. Rostam does not recognize his own son, and Sohrab does not know his father. Likewise, in "Oedipus the King", on the road to Thebes, Oedipus meets Laius, his true father. Unaware of each otherʹs identities, they quarrel over whose chariot has right-of-way. Oedipusʹs pride leads him to murder Laius.