Oedipus the King

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Cainan Tai
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ENG4CU
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17th Sep 2012
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RW#2
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(Oedipus the king)
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In the beginning of class, weve commemorate through to the midpoint of the play Oedipus the King and come to an intelligence that Thebes the city that Oedipus now rules,is suffering under a beset due to the open murder of Lauis, the previous king of Thebes. anxiously trying to figure the mystery of Lauiss death to economise his city, Oedipus sends a messenger to seek for a prophet who was celebrated for his insight to aid his cause, Tiresias. Upon his arrival, Oedipus urge Tiresias to unfold his knowledge regarding the unsolved murder, At first Tiresias answers only that he knows the accuracy further wishes he did not:[359-360] How terrible to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees!.



Oedipus then curses and insults the prophet, going so furthest as to accuse him of the murder:[393-396]You helped hatch the plot , you did the work, yes, miserable of killing him with your own hands and given eyes Id say you did the killing single-handed . These taunts provoke Tiresias into unveil that Oedipus himself is the murderer:[398-401]I charge you,then,submit to that decree you just determined down: from this day onward speak to no one, not these citizens, not myself. You are the curse, the corruption of the land, from here we layab prohibited sense a certain dark omen that foreshadows Oedipus is in fact guilty of the charge .Obviously Oedipus finds him insane and drove him out of the palace. Then before leaving, Tiresias revealed that the unknown murderer will snatch out to be [520-523] brother and father both to the children he embraces,...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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