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In the play "Oedipus Rex" the main character, Oedipus, has to deal with his predetermined fate and his own nature. He is cursed from the beginning of his life when a soothsayer tells of his fate upon his birth. It is predicted that he will kill his father, and marry his mother, and raise a family.
Oedipus was born to Laios and Iocaste who were the king and queen of Thebes. Upon his birth, his parents were shocked at a soothsayer's prediction of Oedipus's fate. It was originally said that he would kill his father, marry his mother, and raise a family. Naturally his parents couldn't have this, so they rid themselves of Oedipus by apparently killing him. They gave him to a shepard and told him to take him away, and kill him. The shepard couldn't go through with killing his, so instead he gave him to another shepard and told him to get rid of Oedipus. This shepard couldn't kill the baby either so he heard of a king and queen in Corinth Polybos and Merope who were trying to have a son to inherit their throne. He gave them young Oedipus, and he later inherited the throne of Corinth.
As Oedipus grew up he eventually heard of his fate from an outsider. Oedipus, being the kind-hearted person he was, didn't want to hurt his parents in any way. So he ran away from home hoping that this would end his predetermined fate, but this only made things worse. While he was on his way he ran into a man on the road that was his true father Laios. Oedipus and Laios had a fight about who had the right of way on the road. Oedipus killed Laios and his men during the fight thus fulfilling the first part of his supposed fate. Oedipus would carry on and eventually end up in Thebes where he was originally born. Oedipus would go on to marry his mother Iocaste, and be looked at as a hero to the community. This would in fact fulfill the second part of Oedipus's fate.
Oedipus would carry on his life in Thebes and have a family with his new wife, Iocaste,...
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