Oedpius: Justice...

Part I of Essay
Oedipus is not formally charged with any crimes. He does manage however to commit incest, and murder. His father is cursed. The curse states that his son will kill him and marry his wife. These facts are discovered in the introductory, "...if laius , king of thebes, ha ....

Part II of Essay
.... created my wretched self." Oedipus does not try to defend his actions. In fact he blames himself as quoted from the story "Light of the sun, let me look upon you no more after today! I who first saw you the light bred of a match accursed, and accursed ." The consequences of his actions are harsh. He stabs his own eyes out and his wife/mother took her own life. Justice is defined as "the abstract principle by which right and wrong are defined." Utilizing this definition pertaining to the story Justice has not been served. Since ....