When Oedipus discovers his parents are not who they seem to be and later discovers the prophecy, in a similar way to which Laius tried to manipulate fate by sending Oedipus away, Oedipus also tries to change his destiny, by leaving Corinth "At this I fled away, putting the stars between me and Corinth, never to see home again." ... The role of fate and destiny, and the impact of the prophecy is further seen when the reward for the person who destroys the pestilence brought on by the riddling sphinx is Jocasta, Laius's wife and Oedipus's mothers, hand in marriage. Oedipus being the pe...

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Oedipus here thinks of himself as a king seeking to save Thebes but confronted by Teiresias, Apollo's dignified servant who deserves respect. ... Unlike Holmes who always underscores the importance of meditation which enables him to relate clues together, Oedipus, dominated by his rage, quickly comes up with a very likely wrong conclusion. ... When Teiresias accuses Oedipus of murdering Laios, his calmness stumbles because Oedipus regards himself as the exalted savior of Thebes who would never kill the king and bring this plague to his children. ... No matter how the witness cries out des...

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Oedipus tells Jocasta, "This: at a feast a man who"d drunk too much denied, at the wine, I was my father's son" (OR 783-784). ... When he questions his mother and father, they become enraged at the man who told Oedipus the lie. ... Out of all the men who previously tried, Oedipus is the only one able to solve the riddle proving that fate cannot be controlled (OR). ... Oedipus cannot see who King Laius's killer is because he is blind to the truth. ... Because Oedipus is such a proud man, he is determined to find out who murdered King Laius, and his fate is eventually fully realiz...

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