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This 5 page paper looks at how these title characters come across in their respective plays. The paper argues that both characters appear more like authors, or narrators, than mere participants in a play. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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for advice. They say that Oedipus must eradicate the bad elements even if it means a bloody battle. While this is a large part of the plot, what is important
is what happens next. Oedipus did obey the gods and to no avail, and in a discussion later on, it is learned that he might have in carrying out his
obligations, murdered his father. He of course does not know this man is his father nor of his own identity. Oedipus goes on to learn that many years ago
a god did predict for a couple that their son would grow up to kill his father and sleep with his mother. To avert this, the father who is later
killed, puts the infant in the woods and leaves him to die. When Oedipus gets curious about his own roots, the story takes a turn. After all, Oedipus was
not the kings real son. It was logical for him to wonder. Oedipus was in fact rescued and brought up by the king. Because he does in reality end
up killing a man who turns out to have been his real father, and sleeps with this mans wife, who is really his mother, he fulfills the prophesy. As Oedipus
tells the story, one gets the sense that he is more than just a character. He is a narrator. Clearly, his tale is told in a larger than life format
and he is quite dramatic. At the end of the work, he explains that he will begin afresh, and make dark things plain. He goes into a soliloquy
about his life and his story and one can imagine that he is a weaver of fiction to some extent. Indeed, many have known people who are people of course,
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