Is the truth always the right path? When is there a time when too much truth is revealed? In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus is the tragic hero whose truth is revealed at a considerable cost. His search for the truth about what is happening in his kingdom has revealed him to be the cause of the vast majority of suffering. Upon learning of Oedipus' actions, several different situations arise. These situations illustrate the fact that the usefulness of the truth is subjective to the one who faces the truth. Knowledge of a situation is not always a good thing, but in the case of Thebes, it is not a bad thing. By knowing Oedipus' past actions, the people of Thebes discover how to eliminate the plague. The severity of the plague is perfectly summed up by the priest of Zeus saying: "Thebes is dying, a blight on fresh crops... women are dying in childbirth... The Black Death basks in the raw and lamentable miseries of Thebes" (33-8). . For this reason, Oedipus sends Creon to Delphi for answers, and upon his return a solution is announced: "Banish this man, or repay blood with blood." The murder unleashes the plague on the city” (113-14). The people have found their answer, find the murderer and get rid of him. By doing this, everything will be fine. Oedipus discovers all the suffering he is causing his people just by being in Thebes, saying: “cursed in the lives that I cut with my hands” (1311). The truth has always been considered something that a person should always know and be informed. But how much of the truth can be safely told to avoid the pain and agony it is designed to cause? The few spectators of Oedipus's past try to hold him back, but the motivation for this past is too strong and ends up spreading, causing anguish in all who hear it. Teiresias is one of those men who... in the middle of a paper... hollows out his eyes to never see again - in the dark forever, where he enjoyed life, but there is more no comfort for him. His daughters, young and innocent, suffer far more than everyone else. They see a father come to them with bleeding sockets for eyes, and a mother still warm in death. By the time Oedipus says goodbye to them, he has nothing left to give them but sorrow. “Where are the public gatherings you can participate in… What more misery could you want?” (1631-1639) Oedipus takes responsibility for being the cause of their suffering: “Your father killed his father, sowed his mother, one, one and the same womb, sprang out of you, he tore out the very roots of its existence” (1640-1639). 1643). Even though Oedipus was ignorant and unaware of the pain he was causing his family, he takes responsibility and in doing so shows his integrity..