Oedipus Rex
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In many plays a character has a misconception of his her self and/or his
or her world. When this misconception is destroyed it can be a major turning
point in the story. "" by Sophocles is one such story. In the story
Oedipus has such a misconception where he thinks he has a good life, but reall ....
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.... of this
prophecy and left home because he loved his foster father who he believed to be
his real father. A while after he ran away he traveling down a road when he saw
a coach coming. It contained his true father, King Laios of Thebes and his
bodyguards. When they almost ran him over Oedipus attacked them killing the
bodyguards and his father, thinking that they were highway bandits, and by doing
so he unwittingly fulfilled the prophecy. When he realizes this he is
devastated. This reall ....
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