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The gods are not to blame by ola rotimi5/19/2023 A boy who would be the author of many tragedies. A boy destined to succeed, to be a king and be great, to kill his father and marry his mother. But first, If you know this book: Oedipus Rex, then you already have an idea of what this story is about, it's implications, the cruelty of it's tragic plot, and amount of debate the question above presents. Now this is the part where I tell you exactly why this book is memorable for me. The question which was thrown out to us for dissection by our teacher was: Are the gods to blame? After we had finished reading the book, discussion and analysis were the next things up the list of things to do next. I remember when I read this for my African Literature class in high school.
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