ght into it. He took his own sight and felt he was now facing the "vile damnation" that he believed he deserved (8). He determined his own punishment, which seems wrong. Then again how could he go on with his life and see his children who were also his siblings? How could he look at the people he ruled or had ruled knowing he caused them grief he caused the plague on Thebes? He looked at these ideas and he saw his honor as his guide. He honored the people he ruled and the mother and father that he knew, as well as the wife that he married and the children she beared. He knew that he did commit a murder and that he did kill a King, his father. Oedipus is an innocent man who listened to a prophecy. "Ask what you wish. I am not the murderer" (14). Oedipus, until about the end, believed himself as innocent and that he was. "O God! Am I cursed and cannot see it?" (18). He didn’t know where to turn was he being told the truth? He was but that wasn’t what he wanted to hear for a few reasons. One he wanted proof that he did commit the murder. And second he wanted to know if the prophecy came true and learning the truth would get him there. The accusations against him were not as they seem. Yes…he did commit a murder on his way to Thebes, but who is to say that he was wrong? Who shall judge his life’s fate as his fault and his alone? Did the gods not hold some blame? Did Apollo not get the ball rolling by telling Jocasta and Laius what the future would bring them? Yes! That is the key to Oedipus’ innocence. His fate belonged in the hands of Apollo and Apollo let the secret out. ...
