The tragedy of Sophocles’s Oedipus the King is problematic because Sophocles did not provide a clear way to judge the actions of Oedipus. Sophocles in the play presented a conventional truth in which Oedipus like a detective sought out Laius’ murderer. Within the play also exists another truth that is different from conventional truth. Conventional truth is obtained by collection and analysis of evidence, usually by someone who did not commit the crime. Conventional …showed first 75 words of 1060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1060 total…would marry Laius’ wife, an older woman. From the sequence of events Oedipus had full knowledge of his crime before the play even began. Instead, he chose to live with his crime rather than denounce it even if he could not have avoided it in the first place. Oedipus is the criminal that possessed the truth before hand and is guilty because he waited until he had no choice but to reveal the conventional truth.