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Oedipus the King
Title: Oedipus the King
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 666 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oedipus the King
Every man’s life is destined. Some men are told and some are left to discover on their own. Oedipus was one of the few who was told and he took it upon himself to take his fate into his own hands. In the gods eyes, this was a major attack upon them, and justifiably so. In Oedipus the King, Sophocles justifies the gods’ actions by dramatizing the effects of Oedipus choices to avoid his …showed first 75 words of 666 total…
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In conclusion, Sophocles justifies the ways of the gods by proving that the gods had good reason to punish Oedipus. He attempted to escape his predestined fate, and in doing this created hostile gods who were out to seek revenge. This just reinforces the ideas that the all mighty powerful gods do exist and need to be respected the same way they have been respected in the past.
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