Oedipus Son of chance
"I count myself the son of chance the great goddess, giver of all good things--I'll never see myself disgraced" boasts Oedipus about himself in "Oedipus the king" written by the great Greek playwright Sophocles Oedipus trying to escape his fate, killing his father and mating with his mother, is crowned king of Thebes after solving the Sphinx's riddle. Oedipus the son of Laius and Jocasta is doomed to live a tragic life; however, his tragedy becomes evident only when it is to late to restate the consequences of his past. Oedipus does not have any kind of control over his life, he is destined to live a tragic life and die a horrendous death. The destiny of Oedipus the king leads this prideful mortal man through . . .
"I pitied the little baby, master; if you are the man he says you are believe me you were born for pain. The gods have instructed the leaders that the plague can be cured if the murderer of the former king, Laius, is uncovered. Oedipus has the choice to call the search off recognizing the horrors to come "I am at the edge of hearing horrors, yes but I must hear! (1286)" but destiny urges him to engage in his search. valleys that other men would and could not endure. (287) Oedipus' words are ironic, for he does not know that the curse is addressed to him, and only him. Oedipus' mother Jocasta gave birth to a doomed child and tried to rid herself of the baby. Oedipus accepts this challenge and curses the killer "I curse myself as well if by any chance he proves to be an intimate of our house here at my hearth, with my full knowledge may curse I just called down on him strike me. Oedipus finally realizes that he has been the burden to the city of Thebes and asks of his friends: "Take me far away, far, far from Thebes, quickly cast me away; however before he makes this plea he is presented with more tragic, hearing of the suicide of his mother/wife Jocasta. Tiresias knows the future and has seen the outcome, every word that he speaks to Oedipus foreshadows what is to happen, but the king himself is the man that was nursed by the endless night with blindness. A Sheppard saved the boys life only to remind him that he is meant for suffering. Oedipus accuses Tiresias, even though he is the trusted seer, of and loosing his power and accepting money for the betrayal of the king: "You've lost your power, stone-blind, stone-deaf, senses eyes blind as stone. "(1304) Oedipus Is faced with a great ordeal for him and his great city of Thebes, the gods have sent a dark plague that ravages the city, and Oedipus is left with the task of ridding the city from this ordeal.
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