Oedipus Rex

In the tragedy of Oedipus Rex I found most compelling how throughout the entire play, the main plot line was for Oedipus to be killed. He supposed to be killed at birth, yet was saved by the shepherd, and then later in life when found out his true identity and relations to Jocasta and Laius he was also meant to be murdered in order to turn around the poor conditions of the land he rules . Yet he managed to live, blinded, but still alive. This is partly due to the fact that once the public learns that he is in fact his wife’s child and has killed his father; no one wants to go near him in fear of the curse that is posed upon him. He is already casted as an outcast in society and is believed to only have survived in order to continue to suffer the miserable conditions fate has given to him.