Oedipus Rex is a play about the tragedy that follows after an oracle comes to King Lauis of Thebes and tells him that the son he has with Jacasta, will kill his father and marry his mother. Everything that happens from then on is about a variety of characters trying to overcome fate. But as you read the play, you can see that this doesn't work,that Lauis and Jocasta are both dead,as the gods decided to turn their son against them. Through the play,Oedipus tries to avoid the prohecy. He does everything in his power to not fulfill it,to avoid the terrible fate that awaits him. When the oracle comes to lauis and mentions to him that his son will kill both his parents,Lauis makes a promise to dispose of the newborn child and to save his fate. He then gives the young child to his head shepherd to cast out into the wild,where he will die. The childs ankles are then pinned togeth....

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