The Three Evil Witches In Oedipus The King

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The scene where he decides to pursue to be king helps conclude that somethings can't be yours just because you want them. After being told by three evil witches that one day he will become king and to do this he would need to do something that no man should do. To pursue his now known fate he believes that he can so easily take this title without any consequence.
An example of this is when he would attempt to assassinate the king in his castle ‘if it were done, when tis done, then twere well it were done quickly’ him saying this shows that to kill the king it would had to be done quickly but he still is believing in that hard work should be done to receive this title. Before killing the king we see him contemplating on weather killing him would

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