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Fate and Prophecy in Oedipus Rex
In the Greek play, “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles Fate and Prophecy play an integral part of the building of this classic Greek Tragedy. Prophecies and the fate that accompany them surround the main characters of this play. Oedipus the newly founded King of Thebes is in search of the murderer of the ....
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.... mother. This trick of fate is indisputable when Jocasta tries to slight fate, “For God’s love let us have no more questioning! / Is your life nothing to you? / My own is pain enough for me to bear” (Sophocles 1045).
The Prophecy predicted was right on target the whole time. Although Oedipus tried to save his stepfather from the Oracles prediction he became entangled in his doom. There is no way he could have avoided the foretold. Although Oedipus tries desperately to change his destiny he instead plummets headfirst into it. The prophecies come true through ....
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