Comparing Oedipus And Holmes Search For Truth
Oedipus and Holmes Search for Truth
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Adventure of the Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle are both intriguing stories that involve a crime and a search for truth. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus searches for the truth of who murdered his father, but little did he know, he was the one who murdered his father. In The Adventure of the Three Students, Sherlock Holmes is on a search for truth to figure out who was trying to cheat on an exam.
In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus runs from Corinth because he fears that he will fulfill the prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother. While he was fleeing, he ran into a man and five of the man’s servants at a place where three highways met. Oedipus killed the man and four of the man’s five servants. Later, on his way to Thebes, Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx so the people of Thebes wanted to make him their king and have him marry the Queen, Jocasta. So Oedipus married the queen and became king of Thebes. Little did anyone one know, but that decision to marry Queen Jocastsa fulfilled the prophecy that Oedipus had been trying to avoid by fleeing Corinth and coming to Thebes. …show more content…
Oedipus went to the blind prophet Tiresias ask who murdered Laios, and Tiresias told Oedipus that Oedipus himself was the murderer, but Oedipus did not believe him. Throughout almost the whole book, Oedipus is searching for the truth about who murdered Laios and about who his parents really are. At the end of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus finally completes his search for truth and comes to the realization that he is the one who murdered Laios and that he fulfilled the prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother (Sophocles
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Adventure of the Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle are both intriguing stories that involve a crime and a search for truth. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus searches for the truth of who murdered his father, but little did he know, he was the one who murdered his father. In The Adventure of the Three Students, Sherlock Holmes is on a search for truth to figure out who was trying to cheat on an exam.
In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus runs from Corinth because he fears that he will fulfill the prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother. While he was fleeing, he ran into a man and five of the man’s servants at a place where three highways met. Oedipus killed the man and four of the man’s five servants. Later, on his way to Thebes, Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx so the people of Thebes wanted to make him their king and have him marry the Queen, Jocasta. So Oedipus married the queen and became king of Thebes. Little did anyone one know, but that decision to marry Queen Jocastsa fulfilled the prophecy that Oedipus had been trying to avoid by fleeing Corinth and coming to Thebes. …show more content…
Oedipus went to the blind prophet Tiresias ask who murdered Laios, and Tiresias told Oedipus that Oedipus himself was the murderer, but Oedipus did not believe him. Throughout almost the whole book, Oedipus is searching for the truth about who murdered Laios and about who his parents really are. At the end of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus finally completes his search for truth and comes to the realization that he is the one who murdered Laios and that he fulfilled the prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother (Sophocles