The land of Thebes was ruled by King Laius and his wife Jocasta. King Laius discovered from an oracle that his son would kill him. King Laius avoided having children until one night he got intoxicated and slept with Jocasta anyways. ... Oedipus was named King of Thebes and ended up marring his mother Jocasta, because of the death to Laius. ... According to some text during a session of self-analysis Freud unearthed a childhood memory of being sexually aroused by seeing his mother naked (Jones, internet). ...

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As Thebes's King, Oedipus has to solve this plague. ... Oedipus was the only child of Laios and Iocaste, king and queen of Thebes. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... Teiresias, the blind seer knows the fact that Oedipus is the murderer of King Laios and tries to convince Oedipus should not bother to ask. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. ...

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As Thebes's King, Oedipus has to solve this plague. ... Oedipus was the only child of Laios and Iocaste, king and queen of Thebes. ... The city, which was recently missing a king, made Oedipus the king since he saved them from the plague. ... Teiresias, the blind seer knows the fact that Oedipus is the murderer of King Laios and tries to convince Oedipus should not bother to ask. ... Fate also makes him King of Thebes. ...

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The symbolism of sight versus blindness throughout Sophocles" "Oedipus the King" represents the idea of knowledge versus ignorance. ... Many of Sophocles" characters, as well as the Oedipus himself, incorporate this pattern of light versus darkness into their analysis of both Oedipus and the situation at hand. ... When the blind prophet subtlety suggests that Oedipus is the killer, Oedipus becomes enraged. "... ... Once Oedipus discovers of his role in the death of Laius and realizes the truth of the earlier prophecy, causes Oedipus to become upset. ... Sophocles uses these...

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An Analysis of Creon Sophocles, an Athenian politician and dramatist, born in 496 B.C., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. ... Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. In Oedipus the King, Creon is a lesser character who plays the brother of Jocosta and is the brother-in-law to Oedipus. ... When we first see Creon during Oedipus the King, Oedipus is suggesting the arrival of Teiresias, a prophet, to discover who has murdered Laios. ... I see that Creon truly knows the power that Oedipus holds above...

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