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Summary Of Oedipus
Beginning of Paper
“There is no man blessed amongst us. All the works of man are
known and every soul is tried,” sings the chorus at the beginning of
Oedipus Rex. After answering the riddle of man, Oedipus becomes the
foremost of living men and takes his turn on the top of the wheel. Oedipus
bel .... Middle of Paper .... this land.” He
tells of the plague not leaving until the murderer is found. Tiresias,
being a great prophet, knows all but will not tell: “I will speak no
further. Rage if you have a mind to.” Only after Oedipus persists does
the prophet say Oedipus is the murderer: “I say that you are the murderer
that you seek.” Tiresias further states that Oedipus is married to his
mother: “You are living with your next of kin in unimagined shame.”
Oedipus, unwilling to turn the mirror on himself, resorts to insulting
Tiresias: “Was it ....
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