Oedipus - The King. This essay or analysis is about oedipus the king. It gives a moral lesson and also tells a short summary of Oedipus.
Title: Oedipus - The King. This essay or analysis is about oedipus the king. It gives a moral lesson and also tells a short summary of Oedipus.
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 289 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oedipus - The King. This essay or analysis is about oedipus the king. It gives a moral lesson and also tells a short summary of Oedipus.
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 289 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oedipus The King
Laius marries his cousin Jocasta. (They are now the King and Queen of Thebes) They are childless. Laius goes to a future teller and the future teller tells him that he will have a son and his son will kill him and sleep with his wife. Both Jocasta and Laius grow fearful and they plan to kill the child after it is born. Soon enough the child is born and they tell …showed first 75 words of 289 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 289 total…out and they shall pay. When Oedipus finds out that it is he who has caused all this he falls into a state of grief. His mother hangs herself in her room.
Moral Lesson: You can't always control what your destiny is. You can steer it in the right path though. Also if you want something done it is better to do it yourself. If you don't do it yourself don't rely on anybody else.