Oedipus Rex
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In the story of , Sophocles portrays the main character,
Oedipus, as a good natured person that has bad judgment and frailty. Oedipus
makes a few bad decisions and is condemned to profound suffering because of his
pride. I agree with Aristotle that he brings it all on to himself because of
his ow ....
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.... knew that it was King Laius
that Oedipus had killed. Oedipus didn't even know that it was King Laius that he
killed. In the future, when Teiresias tries to convince Oedipus that he is the
killer, Oedipus turns him away and calls him a liar and blames it all on him:
And I'll tell you what I think:
You planned it, you had it done, you all but
Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes,
I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone.
(1.2.331-3 ....
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