What does in medias resmean

in the media

in the middle of the action

in god we trust

in reasoning mode

In medias res means in the middle of the action.

In medias res is a literary term that is used to refer to a text that starts in the middle of the plot instead of starting with the beginning of the story. When writers employ in medias res, they usually present the events that happened before by means of flashbacks or dialogue. Famous literary works such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Shakespeare's Hamlet begin in medias res; in other words, they go straight to the heart of the plot.

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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