When the play opens a plague is afflicting Thebes. Creon, the queen’s brother, tells Oedipus that Apollo has commanded, “To take revenge upon whoever killed Laius” (Fitts, p.8) and that will put an end to the plague. Thus, Oedipus begins a quest to find Laius’s killer. In the process, he is told by the blind prophet Teiresias, “you are the murderer whom you seek” (Fitts, p.20). Oedipus immediately become defensive, denies the old man’s accusations and goes so far as to accuse Teiresias of being a

Another example of Oedipus’s irrationality and impulsiveness is when he explains the story of his life. He explains that he was a prince in Corinth, son of Polybus and Merope. He then tells Jocasta that he was told a story similar to that which Laius was told by the oracle. He explains that he wanted to know if Polybus and Merope were his real parents. To do so, he traveled to Delphi, the dwelling place of the god Apollo. Once there, he was told of the curse which had been set for him. He then ran away to avoid killing Polybus, whome he believed was his father, and also to avoid marrying Merope, his supposed mother.

Oedipus, damned in his birth, in his marrige

part of a conspiracy with Creon. Oedipus is basically willing to do anything to prove that he did not kill Laius, even though all of the signs begin to point to that very conclusion.

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