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Oedipus The King

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English

 

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Mara G

 

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January 19, 2011

 

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University

 

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B

 

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Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence. PLOT Much of the myth of Oedipus takes place before the opening scene of the play. The protagonist of the tragedy is the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. After Laius learns from an oracle that "he is doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son," he binds tightly together with a pin the feet of the infant Oedipus and delivers him to a servant with orders to kill him...
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After Laius learns from an oracle that "he is doomed/To perish by the hand of his own son," he binds tightly together with a pin the feet of the infant Oedipus and delivers him to a servant with orders to kill him. Instead, the servant abandons the baby in the fields, leaving the baby's fate to the gods...
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