... Plays Reading through the Odyssey and the writings of Sophocles I explored many new ideas, however when I trace all of these ideas back to there simplest root I discovered that they all seemed to branch from the topic of destiny and fate. Lessons may be taught in many ways, they may be preached, they may be written, or they may be told in a story. In each ... thousand five hundred years old they still manage to teach lessons that apply to life in present day. In Sophocles" first Theban play, Oedipus the King, there are many lessons that are embodied by the characters, the plot and the t...

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