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Oedipus Rex: The Punishment Of The King
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At the end of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, king of Thebes, ends
up banished forever from his kingdom. Additionally, Oedipus physically puts
out his own eyes, for several reasons which will be discussed later. The
question is: Did Oedipus deserve his punishments? There are many factors
that mus ....
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.... area. Incest? Immoral, to
be sure, but Oedipus was obviously ignorant to his actions, and to my
knowledge, in Sophoclean times, there was no written law against it and
therefore no punishment for it. Oedipus' punishment may have been for
killing Laius, but how could you punish someone for being a victim of fate?
Greeks believed at the time of the play's writing that a man's life was “
woven” by the 3 fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) and that he was
irrevocably bound to that destiny. Knowin.... |
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