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Oedipus Backstory 2022
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- Royal Pavilion Outside Thebes
- I used to think that this little boy was my pride and joy. Now after hearing that horrible prophecy, the queen and I have decided that he has to go!
- Well, here's a baby left out in the middle of nowhere to die an inoocent, lonely death. He's probably going to grow up to be the most innocent man in the whole world! I have to help him!!!
- The Boeotia Countryside
- The City-State of Corinth
- WHAT?! Get out of my city, Oedipus, NOW!
- You have a lot of trouble on your hands, Corinth. Better get rid of this ill-fated teenager before he fulfills the prophecy. That's the advice of Apollo for you.
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- A Well-Used Road Between the City-States of Corinth and Thebes
- I am a despicable person... I would NEVER murder my father!!! And now look ast me... abandoned. It's been seven years since Apollo came to town... I wish I could go back...It's kinda creepy out here.
- I hate Athena! I wish I could turn her to stone!
- This Way To Thebes...Beware!
- Stupid mortals.
- So said Oedipus: I would NEVER murder my father!Murdering his father:
- Is this my big chance? If I defeat these robbers (they're obviously robbers right, just look at them), I could become a world-famous hero like Hercacles!
- We're doomed!!!
- What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?
- Man! He crawls as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and uses a walking stick in his twilight years.
- I'm such a smart hero!
- The City-State of Thebes.....
- I KNEW I wasn't going to marry my mother!
- Oh yes, my husband, the king recently died. We don't know what happened to him.
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