Oedipus1

Oedipus1 In Oedipus the King it is made quite clear by Sophocles that trying to agree your fate is pointless and only results in your fate coming to pass whether you like it or not. The maiden example of the pointlessness of trying to turn away your fate is that of Laius. purr day Laius, Oedipus true father, was confronted by an oracle of Apollo. This oracle let the cat out of the bag that doom would strike him down at the hands of a son. When Jocasta, his wife, gave birth to a son, Laius, believing he could defy the prediction of Apollos oracle, enjoined that his newborn son be target to death. He gave the claw to Jocasta and she gave the child to a handmaid in the castle, obese him to bind the baby and establish him on a off the beaten track(predicate) hill to die. The child was bound and taken by the servant but the servant could not bare to leave the child to die. The servant found a shepherd in a nearby field and gave him the child to care fo r and hoped that no superstar would find out what he had done. Many age later, gigantic ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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