Oedipus The King

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OEDIPUS: My oh my who is this man whom you discuss?
MESSENGER: You are this man Oedipus! It is you who, in an attempt to bewitch your wicked faith, condemned yourself.
OEDIPUS: This cannot be! There is now way in hell that I committed such dirty deeds! It is impossible.
MESSENGER: You, according to the oracle, have indeed bred with your mother and assassinated your father! Would you like to know more, Master?
OEDIPUS: Yes, shine light to this oracle you are talking about.
MESSENGER: Yes. When you were born, your father received the same oracle that you have. The oracle stated that you, his son, would kill him and overtake his throne- and his wife. In an act of despair, your father sent me to throw you down a cliff. He became overly paranoid,
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MESSENGER: I suppose so. After that, i am guessing everything went downhill. Right?
OEDIPUS: Yes, I consulted an oracle and receive the same information as my father. I ran away because of my ignorance. in an act of road rage i killed my biological father. Then, of course, I arrived at Thebes and overtook Thebes. Being king, I married the current queen. and that queen was-
MESSENGER: Your
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I have committed incest with my own mother and murdered my own father. what have i done? How can I help this? Who am I? I am a monster; that is what i am. I do not deserve to see the beauty in this world, for all I have brought to it is darkness. I am not worthy of my life. My wife, ahem, mother, does not need to know. Maybe I can escape this world without causing anyone else trouble.
(Oedipus Exits)
CHORUS: From here on, the Oedipus we thought we knew was gone. Oedipus will depart for vacations in a few days… time passed, and Oedipus arrives at his vacation destination. Gods, please do not let Oedipus throw his life away. He is trying to communicate with his servants. Let him speak.
OEDIPUS: Wonderful morning gentlemen. Thank you for bringing me to my cabin beside my favorite cliff. Here I will ask you to do something for me; one of you will survive. The the other will die showing your loyalty to your king.
SERVANT 1: I cannot die today sir; my wife is pregnant with my kid.
SERVANT 2: Today, all of Thebes will remember my name for dying loyal to my king.
OEDIPUS: About that, you must all swear that you will keep this secret. If any of you bring this up, you will pay. The guards know who you are, and they will execute you and your family for treason. Do you both