Who Is Oedipus To Blame For The Murder Of Lais?

In the beginning of the play Oedipus meets Laios on a road. Both were driving chariots and neither would yield the right of way. Laios attempts to kill Oedipus’ horses but Oedipus reacts fast killing Laios attendants and his own father, Laios. Oedipus went to Thebes to help and destroy a monster and bless their town. Because of his heroic act, Thebes recalls him again to help and find the murderer who killed their king Laios and punish the man. Oedipus goes and does everything he can to get evidence and find the man who killed Laios the king: “Is this your prayer? It may be answered. Come, Listen to me, act as the crisis demands… Until now I was a stranger to this tale, As I had been a stranger to the crime. Could I track the murderer without a clue?” (Sophocles 1. 1. 204 - 209). Teiresias, a chorus of Theban, elders tells Oedipus he is the murder who killed his father and also mentions he married his own mother along with having children. Oedipus finds all of that to believe and what Oedipus does is find more people to tell him the truth. Jocaste, wife and mother of Oedipus, tells him through the play to not believe such a thing. In Act three Scene five, Shepherd the man, who took Oedipus to Corinth city’s reveals to him that everything is true. Oedipus makes the decision to gouge his eyes out making himself blind to not see the whole catastrophe. He begs Creon to send him away from Theban

Oedipus the King is a tragedy that displays irony throughout the play. In the play, King Laius and his wife Jocasta learn that in the prophecy their newborn son, Oedipus, will kill his father and marry his mother. In order to prevent the prophecy from occurring, they decide to bind and tie his ankles and then abandoned him. When Oedipus grew up, he eventually learned about this prophecy and decided to leave his parents. What he did not realize was that the parents who raised him were not his biological parents. On his voyage to Thebes, Oedipus ended up in a chariot accident

So, when Queen Jocasta and King Laius had a son, they left him on Mount Cithaeron to die, but a shepherd took and gave him to the king and queen of Corinth. Later in his life, Oedipus got a message from an oracle saying that he would kill his father and marry his mother and believing that the Corinthian king and queen were his parents, he left to Thebes, killed his true father in self-defense along the way, and married his real

In Sophocles’ tragic drama Oedipus the King, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, suddenly realizes that he killed his father and marries his mother. Oedipus shows great concern for his kingdom and his people, calling to “drive the corruption from the land” by bringing Laius’s murderer to justice (109). He summons Tiresias to find Laius’ murderer, but Oedipus becomes enraged when Tiresias accuses Oedipus of being the murderer. Oedipus, thinking that Creon is involved in this so-called conspiacy as well makes false accusations against Creon. Much to his surprise, however, Oedipus learns that the man he killed long ago is Laius, his father, and that Oedipus’ wife, Jocasta, is his mother, all in

In this play we learn about Oedipus a king who was trying to find out about his past . Oedipus was a king he was from a royal family he wanted to know more about his past but it got really bad. When Oedipus the king was ruling the citizens of Thebes begged to lift a plague that was on the city because it threatened to destroy them but in the play Oedipus send his brother in law Creon to find out what to do about the plague Creon learn that Oedipus has to find out the killer of Laius the previous king that is the only way to end the plague. As Oedipus searches for the killer a prophet comes along and tells Oedipus that he killed the previous king but Oedipus ignores him but he get distracted by that and he goes and asks his wife Jocasta but

Oedipus tries to prevent his horrible fate from unraveling, but it still did. When he was in the crossroads of a forest, he ends up killing an old man in self defense and when he arrives in Thebes, it turns out that the old man was King Laius, unbeknownst to him. After solving a riddle by the Sphinx, he won the hand of Queen Jocasta. Oedipus tried to escape from his fate, but his ignorance of his birth caused it to start to unravel. Oedipus commits sins of murder, incest, torture, etc.

However, Oedipus does not die, and is adopted by a man named Polybus and a woman named Merope. After Oedipus hears rumors about how he is adopted, he runs away and goes to the Oracle at Delphi to find out what his prophecy is. Once Oedipus finds out about his prophecy, he runs further away from Polybus and Merope in hope of preventing his prophecy from coming true. Unfortunately, during his escape from his non-biological parents, he meets and kills his real father, Laius. After killing Laius, Oedipus enters the city of Thebes, where he solves a riddle to end a plague in the city. This success causes Thebians to crown Oedipus as king and marry Jocasta (his mother), completing his prophecy. The story then starts and is mainly centered around Oedipus’s hunt for Laius’s killer. The character traits found in Oedipus are similar to those found in the personalities of the rulers of today’s countries. Oedipus’s need to prove himself, his belief he is very powerful, and his ignorance are all flaws that are very important to our society because they each could be the reason

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, starts off with Oedipus being crowned as King of Thebes, and the city being plagued. The according to the Oracle at Delphi, the plague will end as soon as the murderer of King Laius, is found and expelled. Oedipus declares he will search for the murderer and goes to Teiresias to ask for the truth which he finds out, and does not like. This causes Oedipus to claim it was actually Creon who killed Laius, but soon learns the situation when Laius died seems like a situation that he was a part of on his way to Thebes. Oedipus calls for the survivor Laius’s attack to come forth and testify. Oedipus learns he was the one who killed his father King Laius, and Oedipus pokes his eyes out with his mother’s pins and screams

By reading Oedipus Rex, it is certain that his own judgments led to his destruction. His greatest flaw was making mistakes, he was once considered a phenomenal hero, yet his bad decisions led to his tragic heroism. Oedipus crosses path with Laius, the king, which led to a fight and the slaying of Laius. Oedipus then defeats the Sphinx by solving a mystery riddle to become king. He then married the widow, Jocasta, not knowing it was his mother. Now being the King of Thebes, Oedipus, sent Creon to see why the plague had started. Upon his return, Creon explained to Oedipus that the plague had started by the murder of the former king, Laius. Creon stated, once the killer of Laius was found, the plague would be lifted. Teiresias suspected that Oedipus was the killer of Laius, this infuriates Oedipus. Oedipus’ wife, Jocasta, confirms there is no way Oedipus could have killed the former king. Jocasta tells Oedipus that Laius was killed at a three-way crossroad, right before Oedipus arrived at Thebes. Oedipus then realized he was the one who had killed the former king, Laius. Finding out the truth of her husband, Jocasta, then hangs herself. Oedipus, mourning the loss of his wife and realizing the truth about himself, he gouges his eye out and immediately demands punishment from Creon, who is now the king.

King Oedipus, was a flawed leader with many issues due to his past which plagued his city and his life. To save his people and free himself, he needed to go back to the very beginning to learn the cause of this curse to correct the future. On this journey, new information was revealed to Oedipus about his life which he would try to repress each time he learned something new until he couldn’t hide it any longer by blinding himself; therefore, consumed by his knowledge. Hence, he confronted his destiny which predicted that he would kill his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta (Sophocles, p. 34). A tragic hero would describe his upbringing. With unfortunate circumstances birthing his future, he fought the gruesome fight to the ignorant

Okay, so Oedipus was destined to kill his father. In order to stop that from happening, his parents sent him to a faraway land. However, when Oedipus grew up, he went back to where he was born and decided to kill the king and marry the queen. Little did he know that those were his biological parents that he killed and bewedded.

Oedipus a man who’s fate was out to get him, the great king of Thebes formerly prince of Corinth. He had to face many struggles in his life that he had well caused, and even though Oedipus tried to escape his fate by leaving Corinth. His true fate lied in Thebes while Corinth was just an obstacle. Oedipus is a man who in a way caused his own fate to be brought out into the light revealing everything. It was all because of Oedipus determination to figure out who killed the great king before him Laios which had turned out to be his father. Oedipus kept on going and going on how important it was to find out whom truly did it, and even though he couldn’t connect the dots. His wife and soon figured out mother did, Jocasta realized that Oedipus was her son and she wanted him to stop searching everywhere so that the truth would not be revealed. It was not come to the light and life could continue to be great. However Oedipus was a man who cared about the people so since he knew what Apollo had said to get rid of the disastrous Plague in Thebes Oedipus went on and on. Not stopping until the truth was revealed and when it was, the despair Oedipus felt was unbelievable. Some people might say that Oedipus could have just been a man who fell into his fate as it was already written for him, however Oedipus can actually be classified as a man who brought out his own fate because of his determination to find Laios killer and find out the truth of who he truly was.

In Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King, King Oedipus of Thebes searches for the murderer of the previous king, Laius, in fear that he too may be assassinated. The play begins when Thebes is plagued with a curse. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to seek advice from Apollo, who advises that the only way to break the curse is to find King Laius’ murderer and bring him to justice. The true murderer was Oedipus, and in his attempt to cover up his crime, Oedipus listens to a prophet named Tiresias, who accuses Oedipus of killing Laius, but his wife and widow to Laius, Jocasta, falsifies the prophet’s accusations. Jocasta tells Oedipus a prophecy of how she and King Laius had a son who was killed because he was prophesied to kill Laius and have incest with her.

During his flight, he Oedipus kills a caravan of presumed low-class travelers. Oedipus comes into Thebes a stranger and hero who solved the riddle of the sphinx. Believing that he is blessed with great luck, Oedipus marries the recently widowed Iokaste and becomes King of Thebes. After many years, a plague vexes the city and Kreon, brother of Iokaste, comes to Oedipus with news from the oracle. He states that the plague will be lifted when the murder of Laios is avenged. Oedipus claims that he sees and understands the terrible fate of Thebes and vows to find the murderer. Since the criminal is said to still be in Thebes, Oedipus believes that a man of his intelligence should have no difficulty in finding the perpetrator. When Oedipus is confronted by Teiresias with truth, perhaps it is Oedipus’ own hubris, which blinds him to the unthinkable truth.

Throughout the play Oedipus is driven by many factors to find the killer of King Laius, and while on that mission, he inquires much about his past and himself. One of his main strives is to find out his true identity. The city of Thebes is struck by a plague due to the death of King Laius. The Oracle of Delphi states that in order to rid of the plague, Oedipus has to commit himself to finding the murderer of the dead King Laius. Oedipus shows allegiance by going on a