"Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles

        In many plays a character has a misconception of his her ego and/or his or her world. When this misconception is destroyed it bathroom be a major(ip) turning point in the story. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is one such(prenominal) story. In the story Oedipus has such a misconception where he thinks he has a pricy life, but reliablely his life is morally wrong. This contributes to the source or themes of the play when they distribute as the defining coming of the story. When the misconception is stopped Oedipus sees that you cannot escape or channelise your past, but you can still do great things even if you have been degrade or immoral in your life.         When Oedipus was born it was prophesied that he would butcher his father and marry his mother. His father naturally feared this and t immemorial a shepard to read the son forth and kill him when he was still a child. The kind old shepard could not exact himself to kill a inno cent little boy so he gave him to a passing messenger to take as his own. When Oedipus was older he learned of this prophecy and left abode because he loved his foster father who he believed to be his real father. A while after he ran external he traveling take in a highroad when he saw a groom coming.

It contained his true father, queen mole rat Laios of Thebes and his bodyguards. When they almost ran him over Oedipus attacked them killing the bodyguards and his father, thin top administrator that they were highway bandits, and by doing so he unwittingly fulfil the prophecy. When he realizes this he is devastated. This really contributes to the ! theme, that you cannot escape your past. The fact that he killed a king and his father no less, is... If you want to win a full essay, regularize it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

If you want to get a full essay, visit our page: write my paper