Sophocles’s Oedipus is perhaps the most famous tragedy ever written. It follows the principles of Aristotle’s unities of time, place, and action and most of the story unfolds through the dialogue of the characters. Oedipus is king of Thebes which has been succumbed in sickness and death. Cr...

Nobody would envy the situation Oedipus finds himself in at the end of Sophocles’ playwright ‘King Oedipus’, a situation that he in part brought down on himself through his unflinching efforts to uncover the answers of the past. Once proclaiming to Thebes that he would find Laius’ killer he ...

Oedipus the King is a Victim of Fate. Among the first thing a historian discovers in his study of early civilization are records of people's belief, or faith, in powers greater than themselves, and their desire to understand what causes these powers to act. People everywhere wonder about the marvell...

Fate in Oedipus the King by Sophocles Among the first thing a historian discovers in his study of early civilization are records of people's belief, or faith, in powers greater than themselves, and their desire to understand what causes these powers to act. People everywhere wonder abo...