"I count myself the son of chance the great goddess, giver of all good things--I'll never see myself disgraced" boasts Oedipus about himself in "Oedipus the king" written by the great Greek playwright Sophocles Oedipus trying to escape his fate, killing his father and mating with his mother, is crowned king of Thebes after solving the Sphinx's riddle. Oedipus the son of Laius and Jocasta is doomed to live a tragic life; however, his tragedy becomes evident only when it is to late to restate the consequences of his past. Oedipus does not have any kind of control over his life, he is destined to live a tragic life and die a horrendous death.
The destiny of Oedipus the king leads this prideful mortal man through
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