Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, is the story of a king named Oedipus. ... In Oedipus Rex, when Oedipus is traveling from Corinth he encounters a man in a carriage. ... He was the only one to answer the Sphinx's riddle, "What is it that walks on four legs at dawn, two legs at midday, and three legs in the evening, and has only one voice; when it walks on most legs, it is weakest." (434) The answer, as Oedipus came to find out, is a man. If Oedipus was female, she would not have married Jocasta, thus eliminating Oedipus" prophesied destiny to marry his mother. ... Oedipus R...

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What Was Oedipus's Crime? Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, murdered his father and married his mother. ... Oedipus was never factually told about his lineage. ... While still traveling, Oedipus had come to the city of Thebes. There, he saved the city from the wrath of the Sphinx by solving her riddle. ...

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I am the first speaker of the negative side and we oppose the innocence of Oedipus. ... Many events happened in the story and eventually, it reached the part where he met a sphinx in which he passed the riddle. ... He was Oedipus himself. Oedipus was a prince, but he was greedy, ruthless, prideful, and a coward. ... This proves how guilty Oedipus is; and here I end my explanation. ...

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Throughout the story Oedipus searches for his identity, and the answers to his questions are visible to the audience, but not to Oedipus. ... Oedipus, later on, says to Teiresias, "Oedipus, the simple man, who knows nothing " - in line 383. What Oedipus means to say is that he knows it all because he destroyed the sphinx and rules the city. ... In line 1004 she tells Oedipus, "Is your life nothing to you? ... The theme of Oedipus Rex is of course man's search for truth. ...

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They never tell Oedipus that he is not their own. ... He then finds a castle that is being terrorized by a sphinx and answers the riddle it asks. ... However, while searching for the truth Oedipus discovers that he is the murderer and the son of his wife. In the end, Oedipus finds his mother hanged herself, so in the midst of all this Oedipus gouges his eyes out and banished himself from the castle. ... As for Oedipus, knowing the truth may not be all its cracked up to be. ...

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They never tell Oedipus that he is not their own. ... He then finds a castle that is being terrorized by a sphinx and answers the riddle it asks. ... However, while searching for the truth Oedipus discovers that he is the murderer and the son of his wife. In the end, Oedipus finds his wife/mother hanged herself, so in the midst of all this Oedipus gouges his eyes out and banished himself from the castle. ... As for Oedipus, knowing the truth may not be all it is cracked up to be. ...

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Where Are You Going, Oedipus? Oedipus, the protagonist of Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King, goes through a transition in his life. ... Initially, Oedipus is looked upon as a hero to the people of Thebes because he solves the Sphinx's riddle which free the people the Thebes from the Sphinx's terror. ... Connie and Oedipus' reactions to them do change. ... Oedipus' parents engraved his fate in stone. ...

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In "Oedipus Rex", Oedipus was also the character that was looked to as the savior and was asked to find the murderer of King Liaus. ... In "Oedipus Rex", the antagonist is actually Oedipus himself. ... Claudius and Oedipus are highly comparable. ... Oedipus was so obsessed with power ever since he solved the sphinx's riddle, that when the town came to him to find Laius's murderer he was thrilled. ... In "Oedipus Rex" the audience knows that even though Oedipus is trying to escape his fate, it is going to come true. ...

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The downfall of Oeidpus the King was not only caused by the Gods through his fate but also by his own actions. Oeidpus" fate was known by his birth parents and that's how this tragedy began. When Oeidpus was a grown man he tried to change what the Gods had in store for him but little did he know ...

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