Oedipus Rex

Would Oedipus have been better off if he was blind to the knowledge of his birth and the fate which was foretold to someday befall him? His life would have been a far easier path had he never known about his true origins. Without the burden of this knowledge life in Corinth would have been long and prosperous, and Thebes would have lived on under King Laius. In fact, everyone would have been better in …

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