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Essay (Fate) Sophocles “ the King” is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of was well known to the athenian’s. is the embodiement of the perfect Athenian. He is self-confid ....

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.... solely on others for his nourishment and well being. was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta would not come true. was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the shepard spairing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own would have died. Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. meets up with a band of travelers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently has killed his own father. ....