Oedipus Rex Climax

In Oedipus Rex, during the exposition I learned that the story takes place in Thebes and that the king of Thebes is Oedipus. The priest informs Oedipus that the city is dying due to a plague that has struck, and the citizens are gathered around the palace to ask him to put a stop to it. Oedipus worriedly asks his brother-in-law Creon to find out from the oracle how to put a stop to the plague. The rising action begins when Creon returns from the oracle and delivers the news to Oedipus about what he learned from the god Apollo. Creon tells Oedipus that the murderer of Laius, who was the king of Thebes before Oedipus, is living in Thebes, and in order for the plague to come to an end he must be exiled. Oedipus decides to speak to Tiresias, a
The messenger explains the story to Oedipus about how a shepherd gave him the abandoned baby. Oedipus demands to speak to the shepherd. When Oedipus finally confronts the shepherd her refuses to talk, that is until Oedipus threatens to torture him and that’s when the climax occurs. The shepherd reveals to Oedipus that the baby is in fact Laius’ child. Oedipus immediately realizes that he was the murderer of King Laius and the prophecy was fulfilled. This is the climax of the story because the Major Dramatic Question is answered. The Major Dramatic Question, which was posed in the exposition, was “who killed King Laius?” This question was answered in the climax which was Oedipus himself. In the denouement, after Oedipus and Jocasta find out the truth, Jocasta locks herself in her room and hangs herself, upon seeing this, Oedipus cries and grabs the pins from her robe and stabs his eyes out because after finding out the truth, he couldn’t bear to see the world. Oedipus then asks to be banished from Thebes and Creon agrees. Oedipus asks Creon to watch over his daughters in hopes they will live a better life than he