Oedipus

Jocasta doesn't understand her husband's concern about the details of Laius' death. When she asks Oedipus why he wants to see the servant, he responds, I can hold nothing back from you, now I've reached this pitch of dark foreboding. Oedipus goes on to give the history of his childhood, as referenced in the fourth summary. He says that he killed a man where three roads met when the driver of the other carriage tried …

…her son, is dead. As Oedipus and Jocasta return to the castle, the Chorus takes the stage, describing Oedipus in not so flattering terms: Pride breeds the tyrant [,] violent pride, gorging, crammed to bursting with all that is overripe and rich with ruin.... Can such a man, so desperate, still boast he can save his life from the flashing bolts of god? Here, the Chorus, representing the townspeople, continues to lose faith in its king.