Laius

king named Oedipus who once had a father, King Laius of Thebes, who ruled before him. King Laius was given a prophecy by an oracle which explained how his son will kill him and have a child with his wife. Giving into the prophecy, he ordered to have his son killed, which did not work out leading him (Oedipus) to come back. Irony has been expressed throughout the entire play since Oedipus went through so much to find the person who killed King Laius, which eventually turned out to be himself.…

predestined that he would kill his father and commit an act of incest with his birth mother. With fear and determination to stop and keep that from happening, Oedipus relocates far away from his "parents". Oedipus publicly declares that the murderer of King Laius will be found, the prophecy will be fulfilled, and the land shall be saved. Whilst expressing this public reassurance, he…

us that the prophecies of the gods are unavoidable and that there is no way to escape them. After learning about the prophecy that a son born of King Laius and Jocasta would end up killing the King, they decide to take matters into their own hands to prove the prophecy wrong. Jocasta tells Oedipus, “Before three days were out after his birth King Laius pierced his…

which had a curse because the king before Oedipus, whose name was Laius, was killed. He had a task of finding whoever killed Laius before he got killed too. Along his journey of doing so, he finds out many things about himself that he never knew. Many of them were shocking, and some of them drove him over the edge. I think that is Oedipus’ central problem in the play; he doesn’t know himself. He finds out that he is the one who killed Laius, the people who raised…

would only be lifted when the murderer of the former king, Laius, was punished. Oepidus sent Creon, his brother-in-law, to ask for advice from the god Apollo through an oracle. Oepidus started to look for answers to Laius’ murder. Numerous ways were used, such as questioning citizens who were reluctant to give any information. He also asked a elderly blind prophet named Teiresias. She told Oepidus that he was the one responsible for Laius’ death. Oepidus went to his wife for more answers. His…

motives in Oedipus Tyrannus first focus on ending the plague that is affecting his kingdom and then shift to finding out who killed Laius and finding out who he, Oedipus, really is. Oedipus’ actions are mainly to investigate the murder of Laius and his role in it. Although Zeus is a god and Oedipus is human, they both are…

Irony occurs in one’s life and shapes many aspects of his life whether or not be notices. In the play, Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, Oedipus, the current Thebes finds way to search for the murderer of the previous king, Laius, in order to save the city from the plague and bring back peace. However, throughout the play, Oedipus is unaware that the killer is himself. All in all, the use and purpose of irony in Oedipus the King is to show Oedipus’s action, the idea of fate and the search…

would you feel? Abandoned, Lonely..? When Oedipus was born, the oracle of Delphi had prophecy that he would kill his father, king Laius and marry his mother, Jocasta. To prevent this, king Laius and Jocasta gave his baby to the shepherd to leave on mountain to die. I blame shepard for the catastrophe of Oedipus because Oedipus suppose to die under the order of King Laius, but he saved his life and also he would have avoided telling the truth to the Oedipus about him giving to the messenger.…

the oracle at Delphi, who spoke for Apollo, is a figure of great historical importance, whose legend is still an enigma. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, many characters such as Creon, Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta, sought out the oracle in order to ask for advice. Before the play began, King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes were told by an oracle that their son would grow up to kill his father and sleep with his mother. For this reason, the king and queen tied their son’s ankles together and…

Jocasta was a woman with a very unfortunate role in the story of Oedipus the King. All the tragic events accused her. When she married Laius she knew about the prophecy that condemn them if they had a child but didn’t truly believed. If she had believed in the cursed she could had run away from Laius or not to have a baby at all, she would have been responsible towards her action. Even though a part of her did believed in the prophecy when she went to Mount Cithaeron and left Oedipus to die. By…