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In the play Oedipus Rex , Oedipus the main character meets with a tragic fate. In the beginning he is a mighty king, ruler of the city of Thebes. Then the people of Thebes come to him with a problem. The city is tragically on the surge of death. Oedipus, being ....

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.... whatever information he can. Creon leaves the city and then comes back with some information. He tells Oedipus that the gods command them to expel from the land of Thebes an old defilement that it seems they shelter. The gods tell them to take revenge upon whoever killed there past king. Oedipus, now the mighty king, is determined to find out what happened. He says, "Then once more I must bring what is dark to light. You shall see how I stand by you, as I should, to avenge the city and the city's god.” (804). The first thing Oedipus does is to call on Teiresias who is the holy prophet in whom, alone of all men, truth was born. When Teiresi ....