A paper on the fairness of life, etc. according to the Oedipus, the King. N/A
Jason Garoutte
August 15, 1996
Lunt / Sn. English
The Story of Oedipus
After reading Oedipus, one may think that in this story, there was no
justice, and nobody could avoid their fate. King Laius and Queen Jocasta,
fearing the prophecy of the Delphic oracle, had the young Oedipus left on
Mount Cithaeron to die, but the father dies and the son marries the mother
anyway. Oedipus, seemingly a good person, also tries to avoid the second
prophecy, only to fulfill the first. But even through all this, I have done…
