Oedipus spent the whole story finding his identity, but this happened accidentally and because to a message which came in from Creon, he unrecognizably came little by little to his true identity. Oedipus left his home forever because of the prophecy he was told about from oracle which said he will kill his father and mary his mother, and so he moves to a kingdom which made him a king . Creon comes with a message which states that he …show more content…
For example when the messenger delivered the message about his adopted father's death he was told not worry, because he was not Oedipus father. At this point Oedipus started searching for his identity, but he also little by little came closer to find his identity when they were searching for the murder of King Laius. When Oedipus finds out that he’s the murder he focuses find out his true identity and with the decisions he made, it helped him find out who he really was. This tragic story lead to Oedipus finding out shocking truths and so of his guilt of not knowing what had happened and his quest for identity, that lead him to become blind and banish himself from his