HW #1

pg. 24

"Such ties swear me to his side as if he were my father. I shall not rest until I've tracked the hand that slew the son of Labdacus"

I caught this specific line quite amusing due to the amount of irony that it had. Throughout this whole page, Oedipus speaks of how he will courageously bring down the killer of Laius. He shows just how determined he is to find the murderer saying " such ties swear me to his side as if he were my father". To pretend to have that kind of strong relationship, shows how serious he really is in finding the murderer. Though what makes this whole speech of his so off is that he is the one who killed Laius. So him expressing how infuriated he is and what he's going to do when he finds this killer can't be taken seriously. what makes this even worse is that this statement "as if he were my father" adds more irony. That actually was his father. Oedipus soon finds out that the killer is himself on page 21 from Tiresias, but highly doubts him. Oedipus shouldn't have done that.