OedipusMacbeth Comparison
Oedipus was similar to Macbeth because both Oedipus and Macbeth were confronted and destroyed by a set of circumstances, Oedipus by fate and Macbeth by the witches and their prophecies. Oedipus the king is given the throne of Thebes because he answered the riddle of the sphinx correctly. Oedipus unknowingly killed the king of Thebes and took his place and ruler. When he was young, Oedipus received a prophecy that he would eventually kill his father and marry his mother. Sickened by this prophecy, Oedipus ran away from home to prevent these horrid events from occurring. Even though he thought he was getting away from them, yet he was actually running right to the prophecies . Since fate played a big role in this play, it was inevitable that Oedipus would fulfill the prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother. Oedipus could not control what happened to him, he strived to overcome the prophecy but failed. Oedipus was a caring person from the beginning of the play. When his people started getting sick and dying he sent his brother in law, Creon, to "To ask of Phoebus, in his Pythian shrine, by word or deed how shall I rescue Thebes?" Creon came back and explained that the former king, Laius had been murdered and "H
Macbeth murdered his friend and superior, Duncan, after receiving prophecies from three witches. Apollo Chargeth us to strike his murderers, whoe'er they be, with vengeance. Jocasta then realized, after hearing the messenger's explanation, that Oedipus is her son and begs him not to call upon the herdsman and to stop the search for Laius' murder, she then runs inside the castle and kills herself. By the end of the play though, she wants nothing to do with it. Macbeth's second meeting with the witches ultimately led to his destruction, as did the herdsman's quote "Thus then:-they said 'twas- . After achieving their goals, both were destroyed by what they had wanted so badly. The messenger then informs Oedipus that the king of Corinth wasn't his real father, a herdsman from the city of Thebes gave Oedipus to the messenger. In the same manner that Oedipus got the throne of Thebes, Macbeth took over the throne of Scotland. Then just as Jocasta hung herself when she found that she had married her son. Both Oedipus and Macbeth murdered the former king and replaced them as ruler.
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