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Oedipus Rex is a very interesting drama about how fate and coincidence play with our everyday lives. When Oedipus was born, a prophet of the god Apollo told King Laius that he and Jocasta would have a son that would get married with his mom and murder his dad. So when Oedipus is born King Laius tells his wife to kill the boy. Jocasta was not able to do it herself, so she called a Sheppard to do it for her. The shepherd gave the baby to a slave from the Greek City of Cornith because he felt sorry for him. Oedipus grows up in Cornith thinking his parents are King Polybus and Queen Merope. One day Oedipus gets a message from a prophet that said he will kill his father and marry his mother. So he runs away from the city to get away from his parentals. On the way, he killed some guy that ended up being his dad and goes to Thebes. In Thebes, he met the sphinx that has a great power over Thebes. This power can only be broken if a tricky riddle is solved. Oedipus, of course, solves the riddle and saves the city. He is appointed king and is granted marriage to the former Queen of Thebes, which