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Oedipus Rex

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English

 

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Ronnie J

 

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February 10, 2015

 

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University

 

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B

 

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Oedipus says, "To avenge the city and the city's god, / And not as though it were for some distant friend, / But for my own sake, to be rid of evil. / Whoever killed King Laios might - who knows? - / Decide at any moment to kill me as well." Later he says, "As for the criminal, I pray to God - / Whether it be a lurking thief, or one of a number - / I pray that that man's life be consumed in evil and wretchedness...
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Oedipus puts himself as his worst enemy, as he says later, "I think that I myself may be accurst / By my own ignorant edict." Oedipus makes many ironic statements throughout the play. One of the most poignant is when Oedipus makes a 'Freudian slip' and says 'highwayman' instead of highwaymen. This could suggest that Oedipus subconsciously knew that he had fulfilled the prophesy all along and had suppressed this knowledge as it was too horrible...
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