... justice, he damns them: "God. God. . . . What has god done to me? . . . Children, that god was Apollo." At the beginning of the drama, Oedipus unknowingly tells the truth again: "Sick as you are, no one is as sick as I." Oedipus confirms this later, after he knows the truth, by saying, "For I am sick in my daily life, sick in my origin." It is ironic also that ... sent his child away. However one could never know this, because the prophesy would be an untold tale. Commentary It would be hard to find a play that has been more universally praised than Oedipus Rex ("King Oedipus"). Aristotl...

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Othello, by William Shakespeare, and Oedipus King, by Sophocles, are both plays written over two thousand years apart that hold a few differences, and a great deal of similarities. First, the structure of the plot holds true to the form of a tragedy. A tragedy is generally defined as "A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially ... as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances."" The main character in each, Othello in Othello and Oedipus the King in Oedipus King, both ......

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