r. There were happy for many years and had even birthed children together. The people of his thrown loved him because he was such a great leader. As a result of this, Oedipus finds out that the city is in trouble and unless the killer of their late King Laios is found and brought to justice. Unforeseen to Oedipus he is the killer of their late King and the fact that the King is his natural father. Oedipus will thrive for answers even though he has been warned not to dig deep, for he will regret it. (Line 115) Without accepting the warning he forced Creon to tell him what he knew about the late King’s death.When Oedipus learns of the heinous crime he had committed he nearly dies, Iocaste’s reaction to the tragic news was deadly she hung herself from the ceiling. When Oedipus finds Iocaste’s at the lowest level of her life and he cuts her from the ceiling and physically blinded himself so that he could never see what he has done again and banishes himself from civilization. The true villains of this story are the parents of Oedipus. If King Laios and Queen Iocaste’s would have realized that they could not change or escape what had been prophesied maybe later down the line the prophecy could have been changed. Everyone’s life is programmed from birth only the gods will know how long one will live, what troubles one will go through, and how much each person can actually sustain in life’s cycle. If we put our trust in god and not in the mortal spirits of others our destiny can be changed. ...
