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Oedipus Rex
Title: Oedipus Rex
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 557 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus began Oedipus Rex as a king, only to end the tale as a blinded
beggar. Oedipus' fall from his kingly status was not by accident or
because of some other person. Oedipus is the only one that can be blamed
for his misfortune. Oedipus' character traits are shown most clearly
during his spiralling downfall, thinking he is "a simple man, who knows
nothing", yet knowing more than he realizes by the end …showed first 75 words of 557 total…
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The decline of Oedipus' was started by himself. His traits of anger,
haste, and truthfulness, each helped accelerate his decline of power.
Unfortuanately, for Oedipus, this decline of power led to the plucking of
his own eyes. "Oedipus, noblest of all the line of Kadmos, have condemned
myself to enjoy these things no more, by my own malediction, expelling that
man whom the gods declared to be a defilement in the house of Laios."
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