Summoned by the king, the blind prophet Tiresias at first refuses to speak, but finally accuses Oedipus himself of killing Laius. At once, Oedipus sets about to solve the murder. The discovery and punishment of the murderer will end the plague. On his return, Creon announces that the oracle instructs them to find the murderer of Laius, the king who ruled Thebes before Oedipus. Oedipus has already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the oracle to learn what to do. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose, and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself.Īs the play opens, the citizens of Thebes beg their king, Oedipus, to lift the plague that threatens to destroy the city. Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit.
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