Slowdive Essays

  • Evil In Oedipus The King

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    Oedipus the King, is a play introduced in (c. 430 B.C). Written by Sophocles, the play introduces a story about a king name Oedipus. Oedipus lived a fair life, until one day his life becomes a tragedy. Soon Oedipus has to face the outcomes of the issues he created. Oedipus reveals greatness and disaster because the quote defines his journey, greatness links to the beginning of his life and disaster connects to the end. In the quote, Sophocles states, “And towered up, most power of men,/ No mortal