Oedipus The King Summary by Shmoop

Did you hear the one about the guy who killed his dad and married his mom? Yeah, that’s not a joke, it’s Oedipus’ life. This video summarizes the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King as Oedipus investigates who murdered the old king (spoiler alert: he did). The moral of the story? Don’t investigate something you don’t want to know the answer to and believe the blind fortune teller Teiresias—he’s probably right.

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[nmad]

This makes absolutely no sense if you hadn't read the story before.

[jamesvanessavc]

I had to do this for my class. As soon as i opened the video, i realized what i have driven myself into. 3 minutes and 30 seconds of pure child torture. I was thinking, “is this really worse than KSI’s new music video? It cant be right?” Boy was I wrong. Im just trying to enjoy my freshman year of high school but this video just ruined my day and my entire year. Next thing you know, im going to have to go to a mental hospital to get this erased from my mind. The sound effects, the faces, the voices. OH THE VOICES OUT OF MY HEAD. I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE FOR I AM GOING INSANE.

[roketskar]

I read the story before and only wanted a quick refresh or summary of the story, this was horrible.

[nahiansharif]

if u dont read a bit and u have no objective, u r gonna struggle a bit

My objective was about prophecy.... so this helped me learn the story

[creamcheesefilling]

This is the funniest video I have ever seen in my entire life.

[DerickTheHeroV]

I had to call the Suicide Hotline after that last pun. Whatever though, it's nice to see that my future students are going to be in the hands of the nice guys at Shmoop. Shmoop: "The only reason we don't paywall our summaries is that they are absolute dogshit."

Just watch The Crash Course video in the Recommendation Bar instead.

[lindabausman]

This is interesting clever and well done