The classic tragedy, Oedipus tells the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus who foolishly tries to challenge fate and evade prophecy, which proclaimed that he would murder his father and marry his mother. ... The play Oedipus displays three elements of the cathartic moment very well. ... Oedipus: A second time that slander! ... Oedipus: Alas! ... It is evident that because of the decreases of the number of cathartic elements present from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, the reader identification will be much weaker in the latter. ...

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