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Oedipus Rex: The Punishment Of The King
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At the end of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, king of Thebes, ends
up banished forever from his kingdom. Additionally, Oedipus physically puts
out his own eyes, for several reasons which will be discussed later. The
question is: Did Oedipus d .... Middle of Term Paper
... then banishment seems to be the only option. Death,
in my mind, is not valid simply because of what it might do to the
kingdom's people. Even though it seems that Oedipus has not been a
particularly good monarch, in fact his only major accomplishment seems to
be killing the Sphinx all those years ago, having a king put to death could
have serious repercussions on the rest of the kingdom. So in the end, the
only way to cure the plague and keep the kingdom stable seems to be the
banishment of Oedipus. In this case, the question of whether or not he
deserved to be punished seems irrelevant; Oedipus' only goal was to stop
the plague and by ... |
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