In the story, the most important characters are Oedipus the King, Teiresias, and Creon. Oedipus the King, the King of Thebes is a selfish kind of king. He somehow cursed or asked the Gods to kill the former king, which is King Lauis. Teiresias, the seer, was the one who predicted and saith that, Oedipus the King was the one who killed King Lauis. Creon, the brother of Iocasta, the Queen of Thebes, was accused that he is the one who killed King Lauis.
The relationship between the characters in the story to one another is that, they are all part of the royal family. They are somehow connected with each other. Oedipus didn’t know that his wife was his mother and King Lauis, whom he killed was his father.
The story took place during the ancient Greece. The people of Thebes, including Oedipus, believed in the gods and goddesses. They ask guidance and protection from Apollo, Athena, and Artemis.
The conflict in the story was when, the people of Thebes was suffering from this plague. They ask ask the help of Oedipus to solve the problem. Oedipus told his people that he ordered Creon to find the answers to their conflict. When Creon returned, he said that the only solution to their problem is to find the killer or murderer of their former king, King Lauis.
The story arises when, Oedipus finds out that he was the one who killed King Lauis. When Creon said that there is a blind prophet who could help them answer and solve their conflict. Teiresias, the blind prophet was accosted by Oedipus and he has no plans of telling him what he knows. Through out their conversation, more like an argument, Teiresias spilled out the answer that Oedipus was the one who killed King Lauis. Moreover, he also found out that King Lauis was his real father and Iocasta was his real mother, through his visitor, the Corinthian.
In my opinion, the problem wasn’t really that solved. Creon as a good brother-in-law to Oedipus, he took over the responsibility of a king to Oedipus. The daughters of Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene were also left to Creon. Oedipus wasn’t true to his words because, according to him, whoever killed King Lauis would be killed too.
I’d like the ending to be unexpected. Like for example, when Oedipus finds out that Iocasta was his mother, he would have killed Creon because, there would be a possibility that Creon would overthrow him. Despite the fact that, Creon wouldn’t really like to rule the Theban people.
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