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The document summarizes the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Ignoring an oracle, Oedipus kills his father Laius and marries his mother Jocasta, thus fulfilling the prophecy. When the truth is discovered, Jocasta commits suicide and Oedipus blinds himself, leaving Creon in charge of Thebes. The play is about fate and how men

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