The story of Oedipus begins with Laius, King of Thebes, who learns from the oracle that his son will kill him and marry his wife Jocasta. ... As Oedipus grows up, he learns from an oracle that he will kill his father and marry his mother. ... Through Oedipus" determination to seek the murderer, the shepherd who "rescued" Oedipus the baby comes forth, revealing his story, which leads to the downfall of Oedipus. ... Oedipus then proceeds to ask Creon, who is happy to oblige, to look after his daughters, Antigone and Ismene. ... As a result, he gashes out his eyes, loses his kingdom as well a...

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At birth, Oedipus was prophesied to one day kill his father and marry his mother, which scared his parents into having one of their servants tie him up and leave him to die on Mt. ... Oedipus grew up under the care of his foster parents and after he left Corinth and began traveling, he stumbled into and unknowingly killed Laios, the king of Thebes and his long lost father. ... Unfortunately, while telling Oedipus about the king's death, he also revealed that Polybos was not his real father and that one of Laios servants had given him Oedipus as a baby and that he had given Oedipus to Poly...

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Oedipus has repressed the disturbing memories of killing his father into that part of his psyche, which is his unconscious mind. ... According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex is the desire of a boy to possess his mother and supplant his father. This complex is roundly exhibited in the play 'Oedipus Rex', where Oedipus does end up murdering his birth father and marrying his birth mother, Jocasta. ... She, as widowed wife to King Laius, recalls the story of the visit from an oracle to Laius that told him how his own son would be the one to cause his death, and how in the fear of this fa...

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