Oedipus Rex

King Oedipus of Thebes, revered by his people, is faced with a devastating plague. Seeking counsel from the oracle at Delphi, he learns the city's suffering is divine retribution for the unpunished murder of the previous king, Laius. Vowing to find the killer and lift the curse, Oedipus relentlessly pursues the truth. His investigation, however, peels back layers of a horrifying past. Despite warnings from his wife Jocasta and the blind prophet Tiresias, Oedipus pushes on, only to uncover a catastrophic reality: he himself is the very murderer he seeks. Born to Laius and Jocasta, he was abandoned as an infant due to a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Raised in Corinth, he unknowingly fulfilled this prophecy, slaying Laius at a crossroads and later marrying his widowed mother, Jocasta, after solving the Sphinx's riddle. The revelation drives Jocasta to suicide and Oedipus to self-blinding, as he confronts the unbearable truth of his parricide and incest, bringing about a profound and deeply disturbing catharsis.