Through the play,Oedipus tries to avoid the prohecy. He does everything in his power to not fulfill it,to avoid the terrible fate that awaits him.

When the oracle comes to lauis and mentions to him that his son will kill both his parents,Lauis makes a promise to dispose of the newborn child and to save his fate. He then gives the young child to his head shepherd to cast out into the wild,where he will die.

The childs ankles are then pinned together,but the sheherd hasn't the heart to get rid of the child,so he giv

The ending of the play is very sad,but by reading this,it is proved that no matter how hard yuo try,you can never tamper with fate.That by Lauis casting oedipus away to another shepherd,they were unknowingly giving in to the fate that was meant for oedipus.All through this story,know matter what lauis or jocasta did,they could never keep oedipus from coming into their lives.Nothing could stop oedipus from going to the "place where three roads meet" and killing his father,or after this, marrying his mother.That this prophecy or curse that was thrown on oedipus was meant to be.

When he finds Jocasta has committed suicide by hanging from the rafters,he cannot accept or take in these fates anymore:

As the city suffers,a messenger is sent to thebes to report the slaying of king lauis and that the slayer is within the kingdom.Oedipus makes a promise of killing or banishing the killer and until he is found,everyone will suffer.Oedipus then begins

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)