Oedipus the King :: Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex

Oedipus the male monarch The uniqueness of the degree of Oedipus the King lies in the fact that it is not told, scarcely uncovered. Intertwined within are the workings of bunch, which ultimately propel the uncovering of the story (Driver 247). The past is relied upon to solve the mystery of the present however, it is learned by all that actions taken in the past will not change the fate of the future.The gods of Sophocles are the forces which operate within the cosmos, thus giving its consistency and coiffe. and so judgment is the work of fate (Driver 247). Every detail of the story is plan as to reinforce the conception of order disturbed and order restored (Driver 247). Oedipuss parents were told earliest of their sons fate, as a result they sought to destroy him and thus disallow the horrors of fate. Their plan was interrupted and in the end, order was restored because fate was allowed to take its course. When Oedipus by and by heard of his fate, he decided to return to Thebes, his birth town, in order to escape his fate. As Oedipus would find out later, his actions only propelled his fate to move around true.As a means of aiding in the uncovering of the story, the past is imbedded in the center of the play, which is the key to the mystery. The overall form of the play shows the past cover with in the present (Driver 249). But the actions of the play show that in mankind the present is enclosed in the past (Driver 249). Throughout the play each decision that affects the outcome of the present, was made in the past. The past decision to pull through Oedipus alive severely affected the present. Oedipuss past decision to return to Thebes resulted in the later unveiling that on his journey he had killed his father. But it was not revealed until Oedipus had wed his mother.