Laius

The first link in the story is produced when the gods tell Laius and Jocasta that their newborn son is destined to kill his father as well as marry his mother. (Sophocles 1021) Following along in the story Laius and Jocasta give orders to the Shepard to abandon the child in the wilderness, instead of killing him. (Sophocles 1051). The Shepard decides that he cannot leave Oedipus knowing that he will die, and as an alternative gives him to a Shepard that resides in Corinth. (Sophocles 1051) The…

helped changed her life forever in the future. One day, Laius the king of the city of Thebes was doing a town hall to the public in the city square to hear what kind of problems the citizens of Thebes are having. While the king was doing the town hall that’s when Laius noticed this beautiful woman that stand out from all others, her name was Jocasta. During that time the Laius’s wife had just passed away due to some medical problems. Laius was in the search of a new wife but he was not much in…

My name is Jocosta, I am the Queen of Thebes the wife of king Laius as well as soon to be mother of our son. Tomorrow, king Laius and I will travel to speak with the oracle to hear the prophecy of our son. I know he will be destined for greatness. A ruler that only comes around once in a life time. Today I received the prophecy of our son, I am devastated, we spoke to the oracle, but the news that we have been told is quite devastating and unlike anything I have ever heard in my entire life.…

plague can be put to a halt. Creon, going at a steadfast pace, goes to the oracle to see what the deal is. Creon hesitates in going to the oracle and takes a breath before consulting it. After a long conversation with it, he is told that the killer of Laius, who is a mystery, has to be driven…

with a message: the murderer of Laius must be caught and brought to justice to cure the plague. Oedipus ordered Tiresias to come to Thebes to ask him about the murder. He protested against telling Oedipus what he knew, and Oedipus started calling him names and insulting him. Then he accuses Tiresias and Creon of conspiring against his life, because Tiresias accused Oedipus of being the murderer. Before Tiresias left, he said one last riddle: the murderer of Laius will turn out to be both father…

In the play Jocasta was the widow to Laius, who was thought to have been murdered by a band of thieves. Little did she know that her late husband was murdered by her now husband Oedipus, who turned out to be her son. When she learned the truth she hung herself. Jocasta had little to do with what happened to her as it was the actions of the men her life that ultimately led to her demise. Before Oedipus was born there was a prophecy that if Jocasta and Laius had a son, that son would kill his…

about the future of Laius, Jocasta, and Oedipus. Killing his father and marrying his mother are both examples of what the oracle predicted about them. In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles shows that, in the case of finding truth, if a man starts in search for the truth, he must find the whole truth, but if a man never starts in search for the truth, he can stay ignorant of the truth. The story of Oedipus shows that the better of the two is staying ignorant of the truth. If Jocasta and Laius had never…

man was when he first stepped back into my life. Back when he first appeared in Thebes, I was very happy, the happiest I have been in years. He was the perfect king to replace Laius, he was our city's savior. Anyone to love was better than Laius. Laius was useless and too afraid to attempt to save our city from the Sphinx. Laius was going to let our city die, but along came a person willing to save us, and he was my son. I do not know how I truly feel about Oedipus. On one hand, I am proud of my…

others. By the ignorance of his mother and father, Oedipus was drawn closer to his fate. From the ever-so-hastening tongue of Jocasta, “ JOCASTA: Laius pinned his ankles tight together and ordered other men to throw him out on a mountain rock where no one ever goes And so Apollo’s plan that he’d become the one who killed his father didn’t work, and Laius never suffered what he feared, that his own son would be his murderer, although that’s what the oracle had claimed. So don’t concern yourself…

stated lined up with his fate, proving fate does occur. The first of these men to testify was Tiresias, who stated that Oedipus killed Laius, who ended up being Oedipus’ father. Oedipus did not believe him and kicked him out of Thebes. Sometimes when people face their destiny anger and violence occurs. This claim also is backed up by Jocasta, who said that Laius was killed “at the place the three roads meet” (Sophocles 790), which is where Oedipus was walking. Oedipus killed another person…