Oedipus The King Research Paper

Oedipus the King derives from Greek mythology and embodies the typical Greek tragedy—the conflict between a man and his fate. As the playwright is unable to shake off the then deep-rooted idea of fate, Oedipus cannot escape the oracle which embodies his fate. But as a result of the playwright’s strong dissatisfaction with fate, he believes that Oedipus does not intentionally kill his father and marry his mother and is a hero who rids the people of an evil and is loved by the people instead of a sinner. Oedipus is super intelligent. In the face of fate, he didn’t asking for mercy, he stands up to it and manages to escape the oracle. Subsequently, he unravels Sphinx’s riddle and rids the people of an evil. Finally, in order to deliver the people from the plague, he spares no effort to trace the murderer who kills the former king. When the truth has been brought into daylight, he is brave enough …show more content…
His son’s feet were nailed to the ground and deserted three days after he was born, so Tiresias’ words cannot be trusted. Upon hearing the story, Oedipus is greatly frightened. He asks the queen about the countenance of the former king, the place where he was killed and the number of people with him, and after he knows what he has done, his whole body trembles and he is terrified and disturbed. He requires the queen to find the only retinue who comes back alive. The queen does not understand why Oedipus behaves so, so Oedipus reveals one of his experiences in which he ran away from home. In the end, the queen finds that Oedipus has known everything, so she kills herself. When Oedipus rushes into the bedroom, he finds that Jocasta is already dead. Oedipus takes two gold brooches from her body, and blinds himself with them. He asks Creon to exile him from Theban according to his