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Oedipus Vs Job
In Oedipus the King and The Book of Job there are some obstacles or enemies that simply cannot be changed. In Oedipus the King, the tragic hero, Oedipus, has an enemy that is the divine prophecy told from the oracle. When the tragic hero is speaking to the oracle about his fate, Oedipus gets angry because of the oracle’s accusations,”You can’t hurt me”(Sophocles, 427). Oedipus is enraged because he cannot change the prophecy. Like in Oedipus the King, the main character of the Book of Job is faced with an unbeatable force that is, God. In the story, Job had been speaking to God, and he asks why God is making Job experience awful things,”I shout, but can get no justice”(Job, 19:13). Job is not only infuriated that he has been tormented by God
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