In the play Oedipus the King, Oedipus is born a victim of the gods. As Oedipus grows up, he transforms from a proud king at the beginning of the play, a denying king 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 deceased King Laius. As stated in the play "Oedipus Rex", Oedipus makes a political statement, stating that anyone who comes forward with information and details about Laius' murder will be rewarded. If the murderer 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 by saying that he will continue the investigation “just as if Laius were my father”. The object of his search changes as the play progresses because Oedipus does not know that he is his worst enemy; he is unaware of his fate but soon realizes the harsh reality of his life. First of all, Oedipus cannot accept things as they are and is very stubborn in continuing the investigation. Unknowingly he is his own enemy. As stated in AndersZachrisson's article, "Oedipus the King: Search for Self-Knowledge - Denial of Reality", Tiresias, the blind seer, asks Oedipus to stop the investigation, Oedipus refuses and becomes increasingly abusive. Tiresias then says that Oedipus himself was the man whose crime pollutes the city. As stated in Patrick Mahony's article, "Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Psychoanalysis", Tiresias explains the curse that Oedipus inherited from his parents and that he is involved in a scandalous marriage. Oedipus reacted senselessly and expressed his thoughts towards his accuser...... middle of the paper...... the rophecy comes to light, he is interrogated and Tiresias tells him over and over again that it is him the murderer of Laius and the man who had brought the plague to the city and others such as the messenger and the survivor only go so far as to retract what Tiresias has already said, but adds more about how it all began. As the play progresses, Oedipus becomes well aware that Tiresias was not full of nonsense but of truth. The search for the unknown killer then ends because he was found in front of everyone who matters. Now knowing his fate, Oedipus realizes that he is truly his own enemy and needs to exile himself from the city to save it. The whole drama consists in the resistance and definitive collapse of his presumption. Oedipus must be broken in his pride through suffering. The tragedy is not the tragedy of Oedipus as a lost child, but of Oedipus Rex..