Oedipus: A Greek Tragedy

Oedipus claims that he killed somebody where three roads met, who had a few servants with him. However, both of these events actually took many years ago. When this news reaches Oedipus, he takes the pins from her dress and stabs his eyes out. We are told soon after that Jocasta hanged herself upon hearing this. In these five ways, the story Oedipus Rex classifies as a tragedy. The fall from grace in Oedipus Rex is when Oedipus, Jocasta, and all the other characters in the story realize that Oedipus actually did murder Laius and that Jocasta is indeed his mother as well as his wife. In one of the passages of Oedipus speaking with Jocasta, just about everything is spelled out for us. The moment of remorse comes at the end of the story, when one of the servants who had accompanied Laius on his final journey came to speak to Oedipus. The audience sees this coming long before it actually does, however. He then pointed out this one man, Oedipus. This occurs rather quickly, very close to the end of the play. He was the only one who survived the attack, and told that contrary to rumor, Laius was killed by one man, not robbers. 27) indicating that he was the killer of his father.