Freud read Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and it immediately determined that the underlying ideas in this drama would become a large part of his studies. ... In terms of the play, the Oedipus Complex is extremely unhelpful: firstly, because Oedipus is not a child when Sophocles' play takes place, but secondly (and more importantly) because the play rests on the fact that he is unaware of the identity of his parents when he respectively murders and sleeps with them. ... Oedipus, the protagonist of the play, is the birth son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. ... He is blind and bloo...

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In looking at only two characters in Greek writings; Oedipus from Oedipus the King written by Sophocles and Medea from Medea written by Euripides, we can see two different reactions to adversity in tragedy. ... He was given to the king and queen of Corinth where he was raised to adulthood. ... (Sophocles 619). ... It comes to light that Oedipus was not the son of the king of Corinth but had been found with his ankles bound as an infant. ... My suffering is enough" (Sophocles 627). ...

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