Oedipus

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that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta would not come true. was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the shepard spairing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own would have died. Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. meets up with a band of travelers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently has killed his own father. then answers the riddle of the sphinx and becomes king of Thebes. By becoming king of Thebes he marries Jocasta the Queen of thebes and his own mother. Many years later after bearing children with Jocasta a plague kills many of the inhabitants of Thebes. is told by the gods to find the killer of Laius. He is very dilligent in the inquiriy and finally comes to the horrible truth that he himself is the murderer. Jocasta kills herself at the horrible realization that she has layed with her son and puts out his eyes at ...

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gave him riches and power ultimately led to his tragic ending. Also, the god apollo did not predestine that would kill his father and marry his mother by the oracle, he only stated what he knew was inevitable because of who was. The sphinx’s riddle was used by Sophocles to characterize as a tragic man and as a parallel to his life. The riddle describes the 3 stages which went through in his life. Also in answering the riddle inevitable brought about his own tragic ending by a horrible discovery. . does not unselfishly seek out the truth even though he knows it will be painful for him, rather, he has no idea what the outcome of his search will be, denies the truth at every turn, ...

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