As in any great tragedy, the story of Oedipus is rife with heartbreaking irony. In "Oedipus the King," Sophocles provides the reader with an interesting contrast between the truth as defined by the gods and their oracles and the truth as defined by Oedipus himself. It is Oedipus' interpretation of the "truth," as seen through the lens of human knowledge, that sends his life careening wildly to its unfortunate end, where he finally ... acknowledges that his downfall was due to a combination of the ... ...

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