Oedipus is encouraged to use the method of questioning witnesses and gathering clues to discover who murdered King Laios. He is told to consult the blind prophet Teiresias for insight into the crime.
Oedipus is encouraged to use the method of questioning witnesses and suspects to discover the identity of the murderer of King Laius. This method involves interviewing individuals who may have information about the crime to gather clues and piece together the truth.
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
It represents dramatic irony; the audience knows that Oedipus himself is the murderer, but Oedipus does not.
Oedipus, as the king of Thebes, wants to seek out the murderer in order to eradicate the pollution that has overtaken Thebes. The Greeks believed that by bringing the murderer to justice, the God's will no longer be offended by the crime of murder, and prosperity will return to Thebes. It is ironic that Oedipus wants to seek out the murderer, because Oedipus is the murderer himself.
His son Oedipus.
Turn himself in is what Oedipus wants the murderer to do in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus looks for the guilty in the murder of his royal predecessor, King Laius. He seeks quick results, because his city's pestilence will end with the murderer's identification and punishment. He suggests that the murderer make things easy and surrender.
Teiresias
Teiresias
Teiresias
Teiresias
That Oedipus does everything he can to find the murderer of King Laius,while the audience knows from the beginning that the murderer is himself.Oedipus is Laius's murderer.