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Oedipus
Sophocles “Oedipus the King” is a tragic play, which talks about the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. ... Oedipus gained the rule of Thebes by answering the riddle of Sphinx. Sophocles used the riddle of the sphinx as a metaphor for the 3 phases of Oedipus’ life and to further characterized him as a tragic man. ... ” Oedipus correctly answered “Man” and became the king of Thebes. This riddle is a metaphor for the life of Oedipus. ... Oedipus was the child of Lokaste and King Laios who was taken to the mountain by a Shepard to be killed so the omen of the god Apollo that Laios son would kill him and lay with Lokaste would not come true. Oedipus was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the Shepard sparing his life and giving him to Polybos to raise as his own Oedipus would have died. ... This is a metaphor for Oedipus when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. Oedipus meets up with a band of travelers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently Oedipus has killed his own father. Oedipus then answers the riddle of the sphinx and becomes king of Thebes.
Approximate Word count = 1032
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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