This seems to be a very controversial issue. Are the Gods just with Oedipus?
Has Oedipus all the fault in his sin?
What do you think?
Answer please
Has Oedipus all the fault in his sin?
What do you think?
Answer please
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"gods are just and Oedipus is at fault"
Both Oedipus and his parents made the mistake of believing they could outwit the gods. Laius and Jocasta try ot avoid the prophesy of the oracle by sending their baby son out to die. Oedipus tries to avoid the same prophesy by running away from Corinth, where he believes his parents live. It fails. In fact, Oedipus's apparent escape actually leads him to the road to Thebes, where he meets his father and carries out the prophesy he tried to avoid.
The "fault" is trying to get around the gods. It won't work. This is the whole point of the play. Whether the gods are just with Oedipus comes out in the succeeding plays, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. Oedipus becomes a great prophet, physically blind but able to see the truth as no other man.
The "fault" is trying to get around the gods. It won't work. This is the whole point of the play. Whether the gods are just with Oedipus comes out in the succeeding plays, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. Oedipus becomes a great prophet, physically blind but able to see the truth as no other man.
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