The purpose of this article is to expose the plot of “Oedipus Rex”. The plot of a play contains rising activity, falling activity, determination, exposition, and peak. The rising activity follows the exposition and works towards the greater part of a play. The drop in activity occurs after the peak and guides the reader towards determination. Determination is the point at which the problem or question of the part is understood. The exposition clarifies the thought/hypothesis of the story. Finally, the climax comes next and is regularly considered the defining moment of the story/play. This article shows what the play says about fate and free will. Teiresias says that what is planned by fate will happen whether she speaks or not: “Well, everything will come, even if I am mute.” Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an Original Essay The play begins with Oedipus speaking to the general population of Thebes and a priest. It takes place at the palace of the Theban king Oedipus. The king is very concerned about the well-being of Thebes. This is because there was a deadly torment that purified the nation of Oedipus and his men from the land came to Oedipus to ask for help. To find out the cause of this plague, King Oedipus decides to send his brother-in-law, Prince Creon, to speak to the Oracle of Apollo and find out the cause of the plague that is tormenting the country. Oedipus is so caring that he does not want the people of Thebes to be tormented. The oracle of Apollo tells Prince Creon that the plague is the result of the murder of King Laius, who was king of Thebes and that King Oedipus dies before. . The increasing activity of the play arises when a blind prophet is brought before the king. The blind prophet named Teiresias is informed of the death of King Laius by Oedipus but refuses to tell the truth because the truth he has could bring more complications and more evil than what had happened. Finally, after a very lively debate, Teiresias reveals to Oedipus that Oedipus murdered King Laius. Baffled and insulted, Oedipus is convinced that Creon set this up intentionally and blames Creon for trying to take control of the honored position. Appalled by this allegation, Creon demands proof, but before doing anything, Jocasta enters the room in an attempt to mediate (Jocasta was the wife of the late King Laius and also the sister of Prince Creon and currently the wife of Oedipus). a prophecy that was made during Laius' lifetime and that Oedipus is unaware of. Jocasta reveals to him everything he needs to know about the prophecy. She tells him that a prophet once said that Laius would be killed by his child. The prophecy continues to say that his own child will take Jocasta, his wife, and together they will have children. Jocasta then tells Oedipus how King Laius was stopped on the way by strangers and killed with his servants. Hearing this, King Oedipus remembers how he met a man on the way, the man threatened him and he killed him along with his servants but one servant escaped. The survivor was a shepherd and he is the only one who can say who really killed. King Laius. As they talk, the shepherd enters the room and says that it was Oedipus who killed the king. It also tells the story of a child who was born and left on the path to death by his parents because they feared a prophecy that had been prophesied about them and they did not want the child to fulfill the prophecy. For this reason, they decided to throw him away but he was saved and adopted by Polybius of Corinth and Merope who looked after him until he became big enough. He ends up clearly humiliated by this..