Text-Based Argument #1: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is a story in which a city (Thebes) and its people have a problem and ask their King (Oedipus) to solve the problems, which face them, and get life back to normal. The people in Thebes (like many people when they have problems they can't solve) go to outside sources of help to try to correct their problems. These outside sources go from other cities, prophets, messengers, …showed first 75 words of 1213 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1213 total…was false he slowed the story line down and added confusion because he eliminated possibilities that weren't false. The relationships that the characters have with each other can get confusing and complicated. Some characters such as Creon and Oedipus have a love then hate relationship because of accusations and mistrust. After the current problems of the city of Thebes are solved the relationships between all the characters change and new relationships form between different people.