Jocasta to the Rescue

Creon confronts Oedipus in front of the castle of Thebes. Oedipus immediately blames Creon for the murder of King Laius and for attempting to take the throne. Creon halts Oedipus in the middle of his accusations and tells him that it is his turn to speak. He explains that it is senseless to want to overthrow a king from whom he already shares power with. There is no point in overthrowing a king if all that there is to gain is responsibilities and stress. He tells Oedipus to go to Delphi where he swore is oath and ask the priestess if he quoted her correctly.

Jocasta walks up and defends Creon. She reminds Oedipus how dishonorable it would be for Creon to break his oath and that there was no way he would do such a thing. She convinced him to let Creon go and tells Oedipus that prophecies are silly. She explains that prophets are fake and make inaccurate predictions. She tells Oedipus' that king Laius' prophecy was completely wrong. She tells him that he was fated to be killed by his son's hand. He instead was killed by highwaymen where the three roads meet just before he arrived in Thebes. Oedipus suddenly became worried. He remembered he was at the crossroads once before.

It's your turn to respond in the comments box. Is Jocasta covering up for Creon? Tiresias obviously didn't know anything about the murder. Do you think prophets are fake? Laius was killed by highwaymen. Do you think otherwise?