The Quest For Identity In Sophocles Oedipus The King

In today's society we would never imagine ourselves of having to kill our father and also having to be mary our mother. ”Oedipus Rex” by sophocles is a tragedy that discusses the downfall of a king. Oedipus was abandoned as a child by his parents, whom left him to die in a mountain because of a Prophecy he was told about. It stated that the Oedipus will kill his father, take his throne, and marry his mother. As Oedipus accidentally helps a kingdom, he becomes the king and so the prophecy and his quest for identity will summon. The quest for identity is the most important theme because it helped Oedipus find the murders identity , it opened Oedipus eyes to the truth , and made him do terrible actions after him finding his true identity.

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
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