In the story Oedipus the king, Oedipus obviously has some psychological issues. From the day that Oedipus was born he was destine in a way to have mental problems. Who wouldn’t have psychological issues about your parents not wanting you. As a new born baby Oedipus, biological parents did not want him. Instead they wanted him killed, but a known Shepard was not going to let that happen. Oedipus then became a part of a royal family and grew up believing that Polybus and Merope was his biological family. Now this is when Oedipus starts to show some psychological issues. One day a messenger tells Oedipus that Polybus and Merope are not his real parents. He did not want to believe this, but when reading that scene, you can make an assumption that
