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That it foreshadows the questions that need to be asked in Oedipus' life is the reason why the first sentence is a question in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Oedipus knows the importance of questions and answers in getting through life's daily challenges. He recognizes that the back and forth and give and take of information helps him solve the Sphinx's riddle and launch the investigation into King Laius' murder. He just slips up in not turning it onto his own life in detailed fashion before this point.

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