Oedipus Rex Commentary

The story Oedipus Rex is of dramatic irony (where the audience knows what is going on but the characters do not). In the beginning of this story, Oedipuses parents send him away as an oracle decided that Oedipus will murder his own family. He is raised by another kingdom and once he becomes older he voyages out and he passes an oracle which tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus doesn't want this fate so he runs to the other upcoming town. As he arrives, he is rudely greeted by an old man and Oedipus did not like that. Once again the old man hits him on the head with his staff and they have a duel and Oedipus kills the old man. What he doesn't know is the old man he murdered was his father and his fate was slowly becoming true. He arrives to the citu of his fathers and meets the Sphinx. The Sphinx asks Oedipus a riddle and it will remove the plague from that city and a wife. Oedipus solves the riddle and frees the city of the plague and as well gets the woman, Jocasta. He rules the city for quite some time, until someone finds out abou the death of their previous king. Oedipus tries to find out who the killer is and is told that he is the killer. Oedipus doesn't believe it but Jocasta remembers of her baby and realizes she married her son and she goes and hangs herself. Oedipus realizes later on that the prophecy became true and goes to speak to Jocasta but finds out he is too late as he sees his wife dangling from the ceiling on a rope. He cuts out his eyes and loses power of his kingdom.