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Oedipus Tyrannus

These suppliants were called upon by Oedipus to bring forth any information that could be of help in finding the answer to the city of Thebes' problems. The Priest is the leader of the suppliants and Oedipus communicates to the suppliants through him. In this way Oedipus hears the problems and thoughts of the suppliants in a timely manner. The relationship of the main characters that live within the city of Thebes is a complicated one where some characters hold more than one relationship to another. Also the main characters often have conflicts in which one may have status over another, but the other may have knowledge, which gives him/her some sort of power over their superior. Some of the relationships that the characters have are family related and those relationships can sometimes conflict. Also some of the relationships between some characters are ones where secrets are kept and/or knowledge is known but not shared. Oedipus sent Creon, his brother-in-law (and uncle unknown to Oedipus at this point), to Delphi to ask the Oracle what Oedipus must do to save the city of Thebes from the plague. Creon learned a lot from the Oracle, which was the first stepping-stone of the path to the truth that the characters followed. After Creon went to the Oracle Oedipus with the agreement of the chorus sought out Teiresias, the blind seer, who was a knowledgeable man from outside the city. One example of how a family based relationship can be conflicting is the relationship between Iocasta and Oedipus. The relationship between Oedipus and Iocasta is one in which the two main characters have more than one relationship to one another. Iocasta is Oedipus' wife but later in the story we learn that Iocasta is also Oedipus' mother. This relationship that Oedipus and Iocasta have will later add another stepping stone to the truth and clear up some questions that have arose during the previous duration of the play.


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