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Jason Garoutte

TitleJason Garoutte
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                                                                Jason Garoutte
                                                               August 15, 1996
                                                            Lunt / Sn. English
                             The Story of Oedipus


     After reading Oedipus, one may think that in this story, there was no
justice, and nobody could avoid their fate.  King Laius and Queen Jocasta,
fearing the prophecy of the Delphic oracle, had the young Oedipus left on
Mount Cithaeron to die, but the father dies and the son marries the mother
anyway.  Oedipus, seemingly a good person, also tries to avoid the second
prophecy, only to fulfill the first.  But even through all this, I have done
some research and feel that there was justice in Oedipus, The King, and their
fate wasn't completely sealed.
     First, the murder of King Laius.  Laius seemed to die a unwarranted
death, but he was not necessarily in complete innocence, for he had done some
malicious things earlier in his life, such as the attempted murder of his son,
Oedipus, and the kidnapping and rape of Chrysippus,  a young man Laius fell in
love with before Jocasta.  And Oedipus wasn't as guilty under ancient Greek
law as he is under our modern laws.  It was every Greek's duty to harm his/her
enemies, and as far as Oedipus knew, King Laius was an enemy.
     Queen Jocasta wasn't exactly guiltless, either.  The great Queen ...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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