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    Oedipus defends himself against accusations by arguing that he was unaware of his true parentage when he killed his father and married his mother. He claims he was innocent because he did not know the stranger he killed on the road was actually his father Laius, nor did he know that the woman he married was his mother. Oedipus believes the gods manipulated events to fulfill the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother, making him a tragic victim of fate despite his efforts to avoid his predicted downfall.

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    LUBERIA, Raymond Jeffrey Y. LIT110-B1 Dec.

    7, 2019

    Assignment 5 Prof. Wilna Bantay

    Read: The Apology/Defense of Oedipus: "O, arrogance, unashamed. Whose age do you


    think   you are insulting...that was the sort of danger I was in...my father's soul, were it on
    earth, I know would bear me out."

    1. What does Oedipus self-defense/apology reveal about his internal struggle? In 3-


    5 sentences only, give your explanation/insight. 
    He explains that he was innocent, the things that happened to him is suffering from the
    God’s fate to him. He was blind from the start he did not know who his real father is, so
    when he stumbled upon his real father. He thought that he was just a stranger and killed him
    arguing that it was self defense, not knowing that he already killed his real father. Oedipus
    said that how could be I guilty if he did not know that the stranger he killed was Laius his
    father and he would married to his own mother. It was tragic that Oedipus has blindly fall
    into the trap of the Gods to fulfil the prophecy even though he knew the prophecy, however
    Oedipus was brave enough to banish himself or punish himself by not killing himself,
    making him a tragic hero.

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