... learns that his destiny is to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus feels that the best way to escape this terrible fate is to run away from town therefore being nowhere near the only parents he knows, Polybus and Merope. Unknowingly to him, Oedipus instead of escaping his destiny falls right into it; as he was wondering Greece, he comes to a three cross road, where he is provoked by an old man and his friends. Oedipus does not back down to this man and slays him. This old man was Laius, king of Thebes, and father to Oedipus. When Oedipus finally entered Thebes, he saved the city from the Sphinx and married the widowed Queen Jocasta, his mother. By doing this, he fell right into the trap the Gods lay out for him. This just proved that he was just a toy, which the Gods used for ...

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