Oedipus Rex

The story of Oedipus Rex is a story that puts the reader to think. The characters in the story perform different actions that cause the readers to reflect over what they have just read. There is big dramatic irony that fools with the reader's mind and makes us not want to know about it. Oedipus Rex killed his father, married his mother and then had four children with her. Today this type of action would not be accepted. The irony is spreaded all over the story. Oedipus demands that the person who killed the previous king, his father which he did not know at the time, shall be found and killed due to his murderous actions.The bad knews was then given to Oedipus by Creon through plots that went against him. Jocasta, his mother, then told Oedipus what happened several years ago. Jocasta said " there was an oracle once that came to Laius, and it told him that it was fate that he should die a victim at the hands of his own son, a son to be born of Laius and me,"... "the thing he feared, death at his son's hands." If King Laius were still alive he would regret not killing his son rather than just cutting his ankles. If Oedipus were dead he would not have died and hos son would not marry his wife. Jocasta then felt sad of the death of Laius and decided to kill herself in her bedroom by hanging herself on a noose. Oedipus walked in and saw that she was dead so decided to stab his eyes out. The whole story revolves around the idea of destiny. The Oracle knew what was going to happen in the future. Everyone's destiny may not be the most favorable but it's still destined to happen. No matter how good or bad a person's destiny is it will happen. The story of Oedipus Rex is very interesting and dramatic. The problems that took place were very uncommon at the time and is still uncommon today but is more seen. These problems are still odd no matter when or how many times they were done.