After Oedipus sends Kreon to the Oracle of Delphi to question Apollo of his intentions of this extermination, Kreon explains the plague will be lifted upon the finding of the murderer of the former king of Thebes, Laios. Ironically, Oedipus declares he will find the vermin responsible for the decline in his kingdom’s population. Oedipus begins the investigation by summoning the blind prophet Teiresias who serves Apollo; he begs for information from the blind man who partially reveals his dreadful destiny and past as well as his ignorance of who his true parents are. In result of his denial of Teiresias statement of him polluting the land, he accuses Teiresias of treason against Thebes in addition to his desire for Oedipus’s destruction for refusing to tell him who Laius’s murderer is. The investigation takes a turn towards the mystery behind Oedipus’s past as well as his fate. Oedipus realizes Apollo’s prophecy was true and he murdered his father, Laius followed by matrimony to his mother. Oedipus experiences the inevitability of destiny which illuminates the meaning of Sohpocles’s play; his cruel character exemplifies the undesirable consequences arrogant and relentless people
After Oedipus sends Kreon to the Oracle of Delphi to question Apollo of his intentions of this extermination, Kreon explains the plague will be lifted upon the finding of the murderer of the former king of Thebes, Laios. Ironically, Oedipus declares he will find the vermin responsible for the decline in his kingdom’s population. Oedipus begins the investigation by summoning the blind prophet Teiresias who serves Apollo; he begs for information from the blind man who partially reveals his dreadful destiny and past as well as his ignorance of who his true parents are. In result of his denial of Teiresias statement of him polluting the land, he accuses Teiresias of treason against Thebes in addition to his desire for Oedipus’s destruction for refusing to tell him who Laius’s murderer is. The investigation takes a turn towards the mystery behind Oedipus’s past as well as his fate. Oedipus realizes Apollo’s prophecy was true and he murdered his father, Laius followed by matrimony to his mother. Oedipus experiences the inevitability of destiny which illuminates the meaning of Sohpocles’s play; his cruel character exemplifies the undesirable consequences arrogant and relentless people