Knowledge does not bring one happiness. One always wants to get all of the facts on every situation, but it does not always lead to contentment. For example, Oedipus wants to get the entire truth about who murdered King Laius, the original king of Thebes and Oedipus’s real father. He sends for a holy profit, Tiresias who is very laconic with the information he gives, so he can answer the questions that he has involving the murder. Tiresias is not happy that he has to give Oedipus this information he torments him by stating

: “I charge you now to carry out the articles of the proclamation you made. From now on do not presume to speak to me or to any of these people. You are the murderer, you are the unholy defilement of this land.” (23) Tiresias says this to Oedipus when he asks him who murdered King Lauis, this answer did not make Oedipus happy, and he was outraged. Also, after Oedipus begins to find out small parts of the truth about the murder of Lauis, he becomes more curious about his murky past. He begins to ask Queen Jocasta, his wife and mother, about King Lauis and what she had heard happened to him when he was killed. She told him that there was only one person who was still alive that was there the day that King Lauis was attacked, but that this man no longer lived in Thebes, he had asked the Queen to send him away the day that Oedipus became King. Oedipus wants to go out to search for this man that knows the truth about what really happened on the day that the King was killed, not realizing that what he is about to stumble across is his hapless fate that he has been running from. Finally, in today’s society finding out the entire truth when you are in a romantic relationship is not good. Although one may want to know everything about their significant other, there are times when “ignorance is bliss”. If one is in a happy relationship and unaware with the fact that their partner is cheating on them, one would rather keep their happiness and never want to find out that anything is wrong. Humans are always on a constant search for all of the facts, when they already know all that is necessary.

Leadership can determine the fate of a nation. Those who are the leaders of nations have much that they need to do and consider before making any kind of decision. The choices that they make could make a nation better or leave irreparable damages in society. For example, when the Sphinx is exacerbating the city of Thebes, Oedipus decides that he is going to take charge and try to solve the riddle. Whoever solves the riddle of the Sphinx will become the next King of Thebes, which means they will marry Queen Jocasta and save the entire town from destruction:

One gains wisdom through suffering. It is thought that if one has lived through th

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