Summary: Similarities and Differences in Character, Theme and Morality in Oedipus by Sophocles and Hamlet by Shakespeare
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Sophocles is illuminating the proud king Oedipus’s want for the truth to be revealed. He wanted this for the wellbeing of his state, and the safety of his people and himself as a ruler. Those intentions prove that Oedipus was a good king who cared…