Oedipus the King

Oedipus the female monarch is a story written in Greek and translated into many languages like English. Oedipus is the protagonist of this novel and the story begins when king Laius king of Thebes and his wife queen Jocasta received a portent from the fire god Apollo that his son will kill him and join his aver mother. To prevent this from happening, Oedipus father Laius gives an order that the baby mustiness be killed. Ironically the baby wasnt killed and instead he was taken a counseling and given to the king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope. They named him Oedipus, a reference to his feet, which were very swollen.

After many years, Oedipus became a teenage proud man and one day at a party he heard some murmurs from a intoxicated man about him being adopted. In his search for the truth, he came across the prophecy about him killing his father and marrying his own mother. Ironically in his attempt to deny fate, he went clog to his homeland, killing a group of people who cut of his way at the crossing of three roads. Then he deliver the urban center of Thebes from a monster called the Sphinx subsequently solving their riddle. In the absence of the king and after saving the people of Thebes, He ended up marrying the queen Jocasta and becoming the king. The play opens with the city facing famine and the only way to save it is by finding the killer of the king Laius. We see Oedipus as a great king trying to save his city still he also was ignorant to the truth.

After the all evidences came up together, and all the roads led to one point, Oedipus realized for his disgust the truth for the first time that hes the killer. Jocasta, after knowing the truth could never live facing her conserve who turned to be her son neither her children from him, she hanged her self in her room. The king followed her but it was too late, and to punish himself he took her ornamental pins and poked his eyes 3 times blinding him self and was penalize out of Thebes. He ends up paying a horrifying price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

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