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Oedipus The King

King Oedipus sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to seek advice from Apollo on how to remove the curse on Thebes. Creon later informs Oedipus that the curse will only be lifted if the murderer of Laius, the former king (who had been murdered many years ago), is found and prosecuted. This motivates Oedipus to find the murderer by questioning many citizens as well as Teiresias, a blind prophet. Teiresias tells Oedipus that he himself killed Laius, which bothered Oedipus but his wife Jocasta tells him that prophets are usually wrong. She tells Oedipus about how she and King Laius had a son who was prophesied to kill Laius and sleep with her, except they had the child killed so the prophecy did ...

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that he was an abandoned baby from the house of Laius and was taken in by Merope and Polybus as an adopted child. Determined, Oedipus wants to hear the truth himself from the messenger, all the while totally disregarding Jocasta’s attempt to stop him. Just as he feared, he is told that his real parents are in fact Laius and Jocasta; this news horrifies Oedipus so much that he leaves the palace only to discover Jocasta hung in her bedroom. He removes the gold brooches from her dress and gouges his own two eyes out, Oedipus punishes himself for not seeing the truth when he literally had eyes. Oedipus attempted to avoid fate, almost like trying to control what was already set in divine order, but because of this, he runs right into ...

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Added: 5/1/2014 12:28:32 AM
Submitted By: loraxliu
Category: Shakespeare
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