Oedipus Rex

Part I of Essay
In the play , it tells of a man who is forced by fate to live a life of lies and deceet. He is hounded by prophecy and cursed to a doomed existance. Aristotle had believed that was one of the penultimate tragedies of all time. Aristot ....

Part II of Essay
.... that. (Text Omitted for space purposes) Shepherd: There had been prophecies... Oedipus: Tell me. Shepherd: It was said that the boy would kill his own father. Oedipus: Then why did you give him over to this man? Shepherd: I pitied the baby, my king, And I thought that this man would take him far away to his own country. He saved him- but for what a fate! For if you are what this mane says you are, No man is more wretched than Oedipus. Oedipus: Ah God! It is true! All the prophecies!-... I, Oedipus, damned in ....