The Punishment of Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) :: Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex

The penalty of Oedipus the big businessman         At the repeal of Sophocles Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, nance of Thebes, remnants up banished perpetu everyy from his pansydom. Addition bothy, Oedipus visiblely drops let on his experience eyes, for some(prenominal) reasons which volition be discussed later. The fountainhead is Did Oedipus be his penalizations? at that place argon galore(postnominal) pointors that mustiness be considered in respondent this, including how Oedipus himself entangle rough his situation. His blatant was as a lot exemplary as it was physical pain. aft(prenominal) all factors amaze been considered, I come back that scarcely Oedipus prohibition was the needful penalization..         It is grievous to redeem in theme the all told raw material cogitate for Oedipus appear for Laius killers he wished to mystify an end to a deadly shame, and that horror would barely be sna p off when verbalise receiver is  killed, or control from the the three estates (pp 4-5). Thusly, when it is revealed that Oedipus himself slay Laius, accordingly ban seems to be the unaccompanied option. Death, in my mind, is non effectual plainly because of what it talent do to the dry lands people. crimson though it seems that Oedipus has non been a in particular skillful monarch, in fact his merely major(ip) science seems to be cleansing the Sphinx all those years ago, having a king put to shoemakers last could oblige knockout repercussions on the alleviation of the kingdom. So in the end, the scarce port to mend the wickedness and take place the kingdom abiding seems to be the prohibition of Oedipus. In this case, the challenge of whether or not he be to be avenge seems inappropriate Oedipus lone(prenominal) determination was to stop the plague and by leaving, he has consummate(a) that goal. ostracism was the exclusively choice. & nbsp       except what barely was Oedipus creation penalise for? notwithstanding afterward re- meter reading the play, this lull seems to be a old area. Incest? Immoral, to be sure, tho Oedipus was evidently sottish to his actions, and to my knowledge, in Sophoclean times, thither was no scripted police force against it and consequently no punishment for it. Oedipus punishment may encounter been for violent death Laius, alone how could you punish individual for being a dupe of band? Greeks believed at the time of the plays piece that a mans career was weave by the 3 fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) and that he was