Oedipus

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Fate is unpredictable. No matter what we do fate has already _x000D_
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determined who we are. The play Oedipus the King shows that fate is _x000D_
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inevitable. The play is set in the fifth-century BCE, Athens. We first see _x000D_
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Oedipus as a great King. His life has already been decided before he is _x000D_
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born. He blames himself for whatever happens ti him. Yet as he finds out _x000D_
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his destiny, he becomes a different person. Finally, it is his fault for what _x000D_
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happens to him._x000D_
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Oedipus grew up not to know his biological mother and father. Teiresias _x000D_
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said he will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus parents feared _x000D_
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that he will become a bad person believing the prophecy will come true. _x000D_
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When Oedipus is born, he is sent to die on the mountains. However he is _x000D_
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saved and is raised by Polybus and Merope, Kind and Queen of Corinth. _x000D_
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Oedipus becomes a king. Later he finds out his identity later I the play._x000D_
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Oedipus believes in the gods. As he finds out the truth about himself, he _x000D_
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did not blame the gods but blamed himself without question. Oedipus is _x000D_
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horrified that he had no intention to kill his father, Laius which he did and _x000D_
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did not plan to marry his mother. He tried to escape from these realities. _x000D_
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But, the prophecy came true. Jocasta, the mother and also wife of _x000D_
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Oedipus told him not to go further and forget the things that he has done _x000D_
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but Oedipus did not listen. He has suffered a lot after hearing the bad _x000D_
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news._x000D_
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Oedipus life leads to horror and tragedy. All the pain that Oedipus has _x000D_
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suffered, he tries to do something about what he has done. But really, _x000D_
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there is nothing Oedipus can do once it happened. So he blinds himself _x000D_
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fearing something bad will happen again. Whatever Oedipus is doing, it _x000D_
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is making his prophecy come true. Teirasias said he would become blind _x000D_
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and a beggar. B… “