Here we are in this reading of the Greeks “Oedipus the King”.\u00a0 Here is a man that was sent away at birth to be killed but never was. He was the child of Jocasta and Laius’s.\u00a0 He was sent away because of one of these Greek prophets told his parents that he foreseen when he grew to be an adult, he would murder Laius’s and marry Jocasta.\u00a0 Well as faith has it the prophecy came true.\u00a0 Oedipus ends marrying Jocasta who is his mother.\u00a0 Over time the truth comes out and Oedipus is driven to feeling of human shame.\u00a0 Jocasta couldn’t live anymore like this, and she takes her own life. This story of incest not only hurts her but him also.\u00a0 As king how can he rule his kingdom.\u00a0 It seems that tragedy in his life ends up killing him years down the road.\u00a0 So, we look to learn if they didn’t have this prophecy would life still happened as it did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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