Enam's Note

“Oedipus the King”, Sophocles’ most artistic creation, is a play on a mythical king Oedipus based on the Theban Legend . It is the tragedy of a hero who has been made zero and led away from the country most miserably.              We know that a tragic hero usually possesses high birth and high social standard . In case of Oedipus, we see that, he is the son of “ Laius ”, the king, and “ Jocasta ”, the queen, he is brought up by Polibus , the king of Corinth, and “ Merpe ” the queen. Later he has become the king of Thebes and marries the queen of Thebes and begets children. The people of Thebes considers him as the saviour and father.             Actually, Oedipus is the hero of the tragedy of fate or destiny or nemesis based on the oracle of Apollo that Oedipus would kill his father and would marry his own mother. All the characters of the play have tried desperately to avoid the occurrence what they could not do. Laius and Jocasta have tried to escape the happenings b