Since the beginning of time, man has used various methods on which to pass down stories,

beliefs, and myths which explain different aspects of life. From oral tradition, to

pictographs, to clay tablets, and onto paper, all compose the world of literature. Literature

has always been an infinite realm of ideas, morals, and trains of thought. Although the

sphere of literature is encircled with extreme diversity of thought, its core is focused on

one theme: man. All literature carries with itself three main characteristics: it is written by

man, for man, and about man. Oedipus the King, the great Greek tragedy by the

unparalleled philosopher, Sophocles, is no exception to literature's domain. It deals with

one king, Oedipus, and his plight to avenge the death of his predecessor, King Laios. In

his determined search to find the murderer, he establishes a proclamation which would

demand the banishment and even the death of the murderer. In his ironic action, the reader

discovers that this murderer that Oedipus is so determined to discover is none other than

Oedipus himself. In adhesion to the definition of literature, this tragic plot rev

one what he or she is today. For example, if an individual committed ruthless acts such as

at the place where three roads met, where he unknowingly committed the act of regicide,

concordance with the very nature of the universe that he should suffer for the actions of

applies itself to the existence of man. In the Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, three

reader three main commentaries about the nature of man: man cannot escape his past,

As proclaimed by the Catholic church in the middle ages, seven deadly sins exist

about the welfare of others and takes social action against the injustices of society. This

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