Oedipus Rex and the elements of tragedy 
.... Oedipus begs Tiresias the prophet to tell him who
murdered Laius. Tiresias knows who caused the curse, but doesn't want to say. ....
(616
2
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Tragedy of OedipusThe King
.... Firstly, Oedipus has ultimately promised to destroy himself, since it was he who
murdered Laius at the three-way crossroads. He ....
(1646
7
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Themes of Arrogance & Denial in Oedipus the King
.... Firstly, Oedipus has ultimately promised to destroy himself, since it was he who
murdered Laius at the three-way crossroads. He ....
(1646
7
)
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
.... he will find the murderer, and that the murder can even declare himself to be the killer: "Whoever has clear knowledge of the man/ who
murdered Laius, . . . ....
(1488
6
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Oedipus and the Absurd Life
.... Creon returns only to say that whoever has
murdered Laius, the King of Thebes before Oedipus, is responsible for the curse on Thebes. ....
(785
3
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Oedipus and Hamlet
.... New York: Pocket Books. In Shakespeare's Hamlet Prince of Denmark and Sophocles' Oedipus The King, King Hamlet and King
Laius respectively have been
murdered. ....
(1537
6
)
King Oedipus and Prince Hamlet
.... New York: Pocket Books. In Shakespeare's Hamlet Prince of Denmark and Sophocles' Oedipus The King, King Hamlet and King
Laius respectively have been
murdered. ....
(1537
6
)
Oedipus the King Themes
.... The first sign of his anger occurs when he interrogates Creon about the murder of
Laius: "Trouble! Your king was
murdered---royal blood! ....
(1755
7
)
Tragedy
.... announces to his populace the need to find the man who killed the former king,
Laius. .... champion I maintain the cause Both of the god and of the
murdered King. ....
(1724
7
)
The Tragic & Tragedy in Drama
.... announces to his populace the need to find the man who killed the former king,
Laius. .... champion I maintain the cause Both of the god and of the
murdered King. ....
(1793
7
)
Detective Work in Famous Literature
.... discover the killers of their fathers (although Oedipus does not know the
murdered man was .... God" that the city is under a curse because of the murder of
Laius. ....
(1498
6
)
Oedipus and Hamlet
.... are not only the result of his confrontations with the dead - with his
murdered father - but also .... The play tells us that he is the son of
Laius, a part of the ....
(1086
4
)
Sophocles' play Oedipus The King
.... could cast away/The fear that dogged him, by his child to die/
Murdered" (Sophocles 48). .... By killing
Laius, he has left Thebes without a king and Jacosta a widow ....
(1052
4
)
The Tragedy of Oedipus: A Tragic Tale
.... own sake...acting on behalf of
Laius, I benefit myself, too" (Sophocles 12). What Oedipus discovers in his search is that he inadvertently
murdered his father ....
(745
3
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SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS THE KING Oedipus the King by
.... There is the horrifying proclamation that he has
murdered his father and .... is substantiated by Jocasta's insistence that Oedipus' father, King
Laius, had been ....
(1400
6
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Symbol of Fire in Literature
.... his untimely end and, thus, identifies more with the
murdered man than his
murdered. .... to Oedipus that the plague will only end when King
Laius' murderer is ....
(4333
17
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Oedipus and the Classical Hero: Definition of Tragedy and the ...
.... King revolves around the discovery of King Oedipus that he has
murdered his father .... us of this pollution...for my own sake..acting on behalf of
Laius, I benefit ....
(1077
4
)
Irony in The Wild Duck and Oedipus the King
.... a distant relative, but for my own sake...acting on behalf of
Laius, I benefit .... Oedipus is the main source of "pollution" in Thebes, having
murdered his father ....
(1664
7
)
