Oedipus Rex is a play in Teaching the Language of Drama course syllable. the text was written long time ago, so the way the language used in the text is different than how we use it nowadays. and for that same reason too, it is hard to actually understand what the writer wanted to tell us, so by only reading the text, it is impossible for me to understand the text. what i did was to find in depth summary/ analysis of the story and reading the newer version of the text that were written in modern english. in the story, oedipus heard about the prophecy of him marrying his own mother and being the person who murder his own father. he dont want the prophecy to come true, so he depart for a journey. during his journey, he had fought with a group of man and killed them, without knowing he murdered his owh biological father.(the royal family that raised him is not his real family). later in his journey, he has become the king of Thebes and married to Queen of Thebes; Jocaste (without knowing that she is her biological mother). later in the play, a plague breakout and to solve it, he have to find the previous king's murderer.Oedipus seeked Teiresias help in revealing the mystery but he do not want to listen to what Teiresias told him. when he accepted what Teiresias told him, he realizes that all the prophecy about him has come true and he cannot undone all the events that has happened.
what a misfortune Oedipus has
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