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The Plague Of Oedipus The King

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Oedipus is the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Based on Oedipus’s mother’s dream that when Oedipus grows up, he is about to kill his father. As soon as Oedipus is born, he falls into disuse in the mountains. Then, Oedipus saved by the shepherds and is adopted King of Corinth as the adopted child. When Oedipus is in the age of youth, he learns the dream of mother and then Oedipus abandons to kingdom on the purpose of killing King of Corinth. Oedipus drops by Thebai and kills him by fighting with a stranger that he doesn’t know on the way. Actually, the stranger is his father. Afterwards Oedipus marries widow Queen Jocasta by without knowing. A terrible plague emerges in Thebai. Oedipus learned that this plague is caused by the punishment
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Andrew Wurts oedipus was the son of his Laius and Jocasta. When Oedipus was born his parents felt a need to kill him on behalf of what an oracle tells them. oedipus the king, written by sophocles is the story of the fate of oedipus being attempted to be killed at birth, ruling his parents kingdom and marrying his mother, Jocasta, and killing his father, Laius. despite surviving contacted murder when he was a meer baby. Hubris is displayed throughout the story at different times.

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King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth decided to adopt the baby and raise him. As Oedipus is growing up, someone told him that King Polybus and Queen Merope were not his real parents, Oedipus wanted to investigate the matter, so he ended up in Delphi, to consult the oracle. When he was in the oracle, he was told that he would kill his father and marry his mother. After hearing this, he thought the prophecy meant Polybus and Merope, so he decided not to return to Corinth and headed to the city of Thebes.

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Background Information: In Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, Oedipus was told that he would kill his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. However, Oedipus doesn’t believe that he killed Laius but was blind to the truth for him accept it which led to his demise. 3.Thesis Statement:

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Oedipus was taken into another kingdom adopted by the king and queen not knowing they were his real parents. He soon finds out his fate to murder his father and lay with his mother; thinking he is larger than life flees to escape his destiny not knowing he was adopted. He then meets a man escorted by men who force him to move aside. In anger he kills them not realizing that one of the men was his father, the king. As he travels to the kingdom and gains entry misfortune strikes the kingdome.

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The tale begins with the introduction of a plague that is ravishing the city, of which Oedipus is helpless against it; he is forced to rely on the gods. The plague is severe, causing high mortality, miscarriages, and stillbirths. According to the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, “[The evidence from the book] strongly support[s] the notion that the disease was incurable at the time” (Kousoulis,

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Oedipus the King is a tragedy that was written by Sophocles that emphasizes the irony of an irony of a man who was determined to trace down, expose and punish an assassin who in turn became him. Oedipus the King is also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannus. The art is an Athenian play that was performed in ages approximated to be 429 BC. Oedipus the King would later in the play fulfill the prophecy that he would kill his father and later on marry his mother. There is a twist of an event in the play where Oedipus is looking for the murderer of his father to bring to a halt the series of plagues that are befalling Thebes but only to find he is in search of himself (Rado, 1956).

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As more information is uncovered, Oedipus’ legacy is exponentially diminished as a childhood prophecy revolving around Oedipus, murdering his father and marrying his mother, is brought to light. Knowledge possesses the power to catalyse devastation in stages as demonstrated through Oedipus’ ignorance, his overwhelming curiosity, and his psychological anguish. From the beginning, Oedipus was raised in a legion of lies, believing Merope and Polybus to be his true parents. This cloak of ignorance not only shielded Oedipus from the knowledge of his biological parents, but allowed the prophecy to act as a catalyst for his fleeing of Corinth.

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First, he was blind to the truth about his own life. Oedipus had no idea that his real parents were Laius and Jocasta, he was so blind that he got mad at anyone that would even suggest an idea such as that. As the story went on though, Oedipus could no longer run from the truth; he was forced to open his eyes to the reality and truth of his life. Oedipus killed his father and married his mother; he is the brother to his own kids and the son of his own mother. Oedipus was the one that was causing all of the downfall and bad times in Thebes.

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In a city called Thebes there was a royal family that had a baby named Oedipus, they sent the baby to be killed because of an oracle that they heard that said “ Your child will kill its father and then marry its mother.” The king was soon later killed by there's at a crossroad and the people of Thebes named Oedipus there new king, Oedipus was trying to find out if he was the one who killed the old King Laius. While he is trying to find this out his wife Jocasta does not want him to find out the truth, a lot of stress and anger is going through the palace while trying to find out the truth. The search for the guilty leads to Oedipus.

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Oedipus is the King of thebes and married to Jocasta. He became the King of Thebes after King Laius came to a sudden end when he was murdered. He was determined king who thinks very highly of himself. He is a good physician, calculator and ruler. Every decision he made was in the best interest of the city.

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Introduction The story of Oedipus the king is gloomy, yet captivating. Going from a child bond around the feet and abandon by the mountainside, to marrying his mother, his story is intriguing. In search of the truth about the prophecy and putting an end to a plague Oedipus, search for king Laius’s killer, did somethings inadvertently, making him a tragic hero. His search for truth in the death of Laius the king, as well as his birth led to the ultimate destruction and downfall of his life.

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Before Oedipus was the king of Thebes, he lived in another city with the people he thought were his parents. Oedipus, as an infant, was abandoned by Queen Jacosta and King Laius and adopted by a new family in Corinth. He was abandoned and left to die because someone had told them that when he grew up he would kill his father and

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