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Oedipus at Colonus is a story about a man who regains his heroic stature after having been stripped of his royal title as King of Thebes. This is a play about the fallibility of humans, and the existing possibility of redemption. Oedipus becomes a noble and dignified hero in his death, after being ridiculed as a social outcast. In this play, the dramatist shows how the essential innocence of Oedipus' crimes help him overcome the …

…figure with authority to curse or bless men. <Tab/>Oedipus at Colonus revealed numerous motifs including redemption, the aspects of life including splendor as well as horror, and the absolute truths that every man learns at his time of demise. Instead of dying as an outcast, Oedipus has the good fortune of leaving the earth considered a prophet, who learned more during his isolation than he ever did as a king.