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Oedipus the King

In Oedipus the King a story about a rule who is destined to rule the Kingdom of Thebes and murder his own father and marry his mother, a ruler chosen to lead his people by answering a simple riddle, and unsuspectingly chosen to plague a city. Oedipus is a tragic figure; imagine that you have been told that you will kill your father and marry you mother by a divine power, the thought of that will drive a man maniacal. Which it did to Oedipus, after reading that brief introduction of the story I would think that is a point in change in the story, well not really because any reader is familiar with this story you would know what happened. It seems to have a tragic and ironic twist. That is why I believe that a point of change in the story is where Oedipus the King decides what to do with the murderer who has plagued the city of Thebes, the following has lead me to believe so. Well because of what Oedipus has set for the murderer I strongly believe that all of......

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