In the play Oedipus the King, Oedipus is born a victim of the gods. As Oedipus grows, he goes from a proud king at the beginning of the play, to a king in denial in the middle, to a fearful and lost man at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play, Oedipus begins the search for the murderer of the late King Laius. As stated in the play "Oedipus Rex", Oedipus issues a political statement, stating that anyone who provides information and details about Laius' murder will be rewarded. If the killer himself confesses, he will not be punished, but will be permanently exiled from the city. On the other hand, if a citizen hides the murderer, Oedipus then says: “He will be cursed”. Oedipus continues that he will continue the investigation “as if Laius were my own father”. The object of his search changes as the play progresses because Oedipus does not know that he is his own worst enemy; he is unaware of his fate but quickly realizes the harsh reality of his life. First of all, Oedipus cannot accept things as they are and he is very stubborn in continuing the investigation. Without knowing it, he is his own enemy. As noted in AndersZachrisson's article, “Oedipus the King: Quest for Self-Knowledge – Denial of Reality,” Tiresias, the blind seer, asks Oedipus to stop the investigation, Oedipus refuses and becomes increasingly offensive . Teiresias then says that Oedipus himself was the man whose crime polluted the city. As Patrick Mahony's article, "The Oedipus Rex of Sophocles and Psychoanalysis" says, Tiresias explains the curse that Oedipus inherited from his parents and that he is involved in a scandalous marriage. Oedipus reacted stupidly and expressed his thoughts towards his accuser...... middle of paper...... a rophecy being revealed, he is questioned and Teiresias repeatedly tells him that he is the murderer of Laius. and the man who had brought the plague on the city and others like the messenger and survivor only goes over what Tiresias has already said, but adds more to how it all started. As the play progresses, Oedipus realizes that Teiresias was not full of nonsense but of truth. The search for the unknown murderer then stops as he has been found standing in front of everyone who matters. Now knowing his fate, Oedipus realizes that he is in reality his own enemy and that he must exile himself from the city to save it. The whole drama consists of the resistance and the final collapse of his presumption. Oedipus must be broken in his pride by suffering. The tragedy is not the tragedy of Oedipus the lost child but that of Oedipus the King..