Introduction to Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
The play is a tragedy highlighting the role of fate and chance as well as the pride which often times combine to bring a disastrous end much beyond human imagination. The play opens with Oedipus, the king of Thebes, who is addressing the people of Thebes. They are thunderstruck by an infliction which is killing them in such numbers that they are likely to be swept off the land. They have come to ask Oedipus for doing something to rescue them from their misfortune and calamity. Oedipus is also informed that the calamity is caused...
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