After Oedipus realizes he is blind to his own life he searches for answers at all costs, and as he finds out the truth it becomes a moment of anagnorisis for Oedipus. Forced to help Oedipus answer questions, the shepherd tells Oedipus who his real parents are, King Laius and Queen Jocasta, “Then--the child came from the house… of Laius.” (1240-1241). This moment represents anagnorisis since this revelation allows Oedipus to see the truth to his life and understand all the mysteries he could never answer, “O god--all come true, all burst to light!” (1306-1307). This terrible burst of knowledge, or anagnorisis, causes Oedipus to dread his existence “cursed in my birth, cursed in marriage, cursed in the lives I cut down with these hands!” (1309-1310).
