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Quote #10
OEDIPUS. You yourself drove out your own father here
And made me a man without a city, so that I would wear these clothes
Which now beholding you shed tears over, because you happen
To undergo the same labor of evils that I do! (1356-59)
What goes around comes around, in other words. Oedipus is ripping his son, Polyneices, a new one. Mr. P. is the cause for Oedipus’ exile; he kicked his dad out of Thebes and took his throne. But now that his brother kicked him out of Thebes, Polyneices feels the pain and goes looking for sympathy with Oedipus. But it’s too little, too late.