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Oedipus Rex - Oedipus Is Innocent
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Because Oedipus knows nothing about the past of Thebes, he is not an assassin. Oedipus committed murder but unknowingly of who King Laius was. Oedipus’ honor was his claim against the murder. Had it been the other way around and Oedipus had lost the battle, King Laius’ alibi would have also been fo ....
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.... his destiny. He wanted to be honest…to be a savior. He wanted to be a ruler…to do for others as he would want for himself. His honor was his destiny. As far as he knew he left from Corinth to prevent this humiliation of wedding his mother and killing his father. He wanted to be true and always be looked at with respect, even when he traveled. He told his people of Thebes how they "suffer…but not one among them suffers more than him" (4). Not one of them "grieves as much as he doe.... |
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