In life there are many truths know one can deny or these proofs such as everyone must die someday or human needs oxygen to survive. However, there are some things in life that we as human try to deny or runaway from. In Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Oedipus tries to change his destiny and is blind to his reality. This story is a perfect example that everyone will for fill his or her destiny in life and the truth is not always easy to neither see nor accept.
             Oedipus, who is king of Thebes, rose to power after solving the great riddle of the Sphinx, which haunted the city. He marries Jocasta, who unknown to him is his birth mother, and is crowned king. The city of Thebes is inflicted with many problems. The city "Thebes is dying." (31) because there is "A blight on the fresh crops/ and the rich pastures, cattle sicken and die/ and the women die in labor, children stillborn,and the plague." (32-34). In order to restore the Greek gods favor in the city of Thebes Oedipus sends Creon, who is his brother-in-law and his uncle, to see the prophet Apollo. Apollo tells him in order to save the city they must find out who murdered the last king, Laius. Laius and his men are murdered at the three-way crossroad supposedly by "thieves" (138) and "a whole band, not single-handed" (130) killed the king.
             Oedipus wants to avenge Laius murder so he requests for Tiresias, the blind prophet, to come see him. Tiresias did not want to reveal his vision to Oedipus. This
             enrages him and he begins to question Tiresias loyalty to Thebes and doubt his vision. Tiresias reveals to Oedipus "You are the curse, the corruption of the land!" (400) and "...and you are the murderer you hunt." (412). Oedipus is infurerate by Tiresias accusations. He thinks he has lost his power. Creon and Tiresias have concocted this story to get him out of power. Tiresias informs him "yo
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