The knowledge and the self -identity that is found in the mystery that Oedipus tries to solve, in Oedipus Rex, changes his life dramatically. The central action of the play is an investigation into the murder of King Laius of Thebes. It is through this investigation that Oedipus solves the mystery of his birth and falls from his most high and fortunate position to a lowly and ruined state. The dismaying facts that are brought …showed first 75 words of 351 total…

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