Fate's Triumph

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to the reality of Teiresias’s prophecy.
Oedipus remains enraged with Teriesias and Creon, after accusing Creon of being a murderer and trying to steal the throne. However, Jocasta tells Oedipus that an oracle once told Laios “his doom would be death at the hands of his own son,” but “his child had not been three days old before the King had pierced the baby’s ankles and left him to die on a mountainside.” (632-637) With this new information, Oedipus’s anger softens to contemplation as he recalls “a shadowy memory” (632-637) that “chilled [his] heart.” (632-637) After asking Jocasta to detail what Laios looked like and the number of men that escorted the King, Oedipus abandons his hostility and finally, after comprehension of the new facts, declares “I think that I myself may be accurst by my own ignorant edict.” (632-637) Unfortunately, Oedipus remains unaware that the new information makes him the murderer of Laios. Instead, Oedipus is still unsure and asks to talk to the sole ...

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