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In Sophocles’ Oedipus The King, King Oedipus of Thebes is confronted and strangely obsessed with the mystery of who killed Laios
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Benjamin Goldenstein English 11 SL Mrs. Capur 4/29/2005 2. Discuss a scene in which a particular mood or atmosphere contributes significantly to the total effect of Oedipus. Mystery Catch-22 In Sophocles' Oedipus The King, King Oedipus of Thebes is confronted and strangely obsessed with the mystery of who killed Laios, the former king of Thebes, for a great plague has overtaken the city of Thebes because due to this murder. During his quest for the truth, he begins to discover that the answer to his query is also the answer to another disturbing mystery about himself, who am I? The work as a whole seems to be a study of the nature of the mystery and how its discovery brings out the true identity of Oedipus. The clues involved in Oedipus' puzzle surface a dark truth about his past and the fate that he simply cannot shake the fact that he is the murderer...
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