Prophecy In Oedipus The King

The prophecy of Delphi reveals that King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes will have a son who is destined to kill him and sleep with his wife, Jocasta, the son’s mother, and the mother will bear children for her son. Laius and Jocasta had the son but due to the prophecy given by Delphi, King Laius left the son on the corner of Cithaeron, a mountain by Thebes escape what would be done in the future by the son. The son was soon found and adopted by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth. By the King and Queen, he was given the name Oedipus. Oedipus soon learned about his fate and the prophesy, which led him to leave the city to avoid the prophecy coming to life because he thought that his adoptive parents were his real parents. Pride is one of the most dominant theme in “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles. Oedipus learns about a prophecy given to him but he sets out to want to modify and governor his destiny due to fear derived from the prophecy. Oedipus’s self-determination to alter his destiny and future displays self-confidence and pridefulness in himself. Oedipus flees the city of Corinth to go to Thebes to escape the future of the prophecy. On the way to Thebes, Oedipus was caught in a conflict of disagreement over an intersection. Oedipus took it upon himself to become angry and went to the level of killing his …show more content…
Tiresias was a blind prophet from Thebes. Although Tiresias is blind, he can see the truth. Oedipus wanted to find out how to rid the plague but he must first reveal who the killer that murdered Laius. Creon insisted that Oedipus should visit the seer, Tiresias. Tiresias hesitated about telling Oedipus the truth because he knows that it would only cause pain. Oedipus finds out the truth that he was the killer, but then thinks that Tiresias and Creon are plotting against him. Oedipus ends up blinding himself because he could not bear the prophecy of his