Oedipus Rex is a tragedy of a man who attempts to escape from a prophecy of what the future may hold for him, and doing so blindly falls straight into his tragic fate. The story is one of the most ingenious of all the fables of ancient mythology because it presents the intrigue which lies in a less lofty character to that of Oedipus than the other characters. Intrigue in a dramatic sense is a complication which arises because the reader can relate to him and his tragedy from the mutual crossing of designs and accidents, and this is evidently the case in the destinies of Oedipus. Oedipus Rex is tragic story created by Sophocles. In Greek tragedies, oracles and prophecies are employed primarily to predict events and help create ironies with
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