Oedipus Downfall

The downfall of Oedipus or tragic flaw was when his father sent Oedipus to be killed by shepherd as a infant since the prophecy foretold that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. Unfortunately the shepherd did not killed Oedipus but gave it away to a king and queen who cannot conceive a child of their own. As Oedipus gets older he is told he is adopted. Oedipus travels to Delphi to speak with the Oracle in order to learn the truth about his parents. The Oracle response to his question the way it responded to his biological father. Oedipus, afraid of what he is foretold leaves the kingdom and heads to Thebes to prevent the prophecy from happening. On his way to Thebes he is confronted by his real father King Laius in a fork road. Oedipus and
The city, grateful for his wisdom made Oedipus the new King of Thebes. They also convinced him of marrying Jocasta which was Oedipus biological mother. At this point Oedipus has failed to prevent the oracle prediction. Time passes and Oedipus receives a message for him to banish the person who killed Laius former king of Thebes. Oedipus suspects creon of doing such action and confronts him about it. They get in an argument where Creon claims Oedipus is the actual killer. When the messenger of Corinth arrives, his startling announcement claiming that oedipus was not the son of Polybos. Oedipus decides to stop looking for the killer and start looking into his origins. The Corinthian messenger tells Oedipus and Jocasta that he found Oedipus as a baby on Mt. Cithaeron while he was herding sheep. Because the baby's feet were bound and swollen, he named him Oedipus. He claims a shepherd working for Laius was the one who gave it to him. Oedipus ask the messenger if this servant was still alive, the messenger tell Oedipus to ask the elders. When Oedipus confronts the elder, the elder claims he is the leaving servant from the