You are the murderer, you are the unholy defilement of this land." (23) Tiresias says this to Oedipus when he asks him who murdered King Lauis, this answer did not make Oedipus happy, and he was outraged. ... When Oedipus finds out that he is the murderer of King Laius he does not believe that this could be possible, he thinks that it is Creon, his brother in law and unlce, and the profit Tiresias plotting against him to gain the throne. Creon is extremely offended by this accusation and explains to the city: "Fellow citizens of Thebes, I am here in an angry mood. ... If, in the present d...

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Also, as the new king of Thebes, Oedipus could have done nothing, hoping that the plague would end by some other means than to find the "sour" thing in Thebes, but out of compassion for his suffering people and his yearning to be the best king to his people he sent Creon to Delphi. ... "Haughtiness and the high hand of disdain tempt and outrage God's holy laws; and any mortal who dares hold no immortal Power in awe will be caught up in a net of pain." (68; l. 21-25) Oedipus" unyielding desire to uncover the truth about Laios" murder and the mystery surrounding his own birth led him to...

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(Pg 1) He sends Creon to an oracle to find out how to cure the city of this plague and Creon comes back to say the killer of Laius is in this town and needs to be driven out for the plague to end. ... Owen, who believed himself to be a prophet of God, much like Jesus himself, had many times referred to "UNSPEAKABLE OUTRAGE" that the Catholics had committed against his parents for claiming that Owen was born of a virgin mother. ...

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