Analysing the Story: Part 2

Second Part of the Story ^^ hope you enjoy it...

"Oedipus dedicates himself to the discovery and prosecution of Laius’s murderer. Oedipus subjects a series of unwilling citizens to questioning, including a blind prophet. Teiresias, the blind prophet, informs Oedipus that Oedipus himself killed Laius. This news really bothers Oedipus, but his wife Jocasta tells him not to believe in prophets—they've been wrong before. As an example, she tells Oedipus about how she and King Laius had a son who was prophesied to kill Laius and sleep with her."

Characters: 

The Chorus - an ever-present group of wise and gossip-prone observers. 

Teiresias - was a blind prophet of Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed

into a woman for seven years.

The Strophe - part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from

right to left.

Antistrophe - part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the

chorus when returning from left to right.

Jocasta - was a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the

wife of Laius, mother of Oedipus, and both mother and grandmother of Antigone, Eteocles,

Polynices and Ismene. She was also sister of Creon and mother-in-law of Haimon.

Second Part of the story........

The Chorus responds that they know nothing and suggest Oedipus ask the blind prophet, Tiresias (which we think is a major case of irony) for his knowledge. Teiresias shows up immediately. Oedipus briefly explains to him the city’s situation and Apollo’s advice. Then Oedipus asks for help. 

Teiresias says with great foreboding (and foreshadowing), "You do NOT want to hear what I have to say." Roughly speaking, anyway. Teiresias continues to insist that it is better for him to leave rather than speak. Oedipus, however, demands that Teiresias tell him what he knows. Oedipus works himself into an angry rage and then busts out an insult we think you should add to your personal repertoire: "You would provoke a stone!." 

Teiresias grumbles "fine" and reveals that Oedipus himself was the one who killed the former king.
Then Oedipus says, "What? I didn't hear you." Teiresias tells him for the second time. Most mysterious of all, according to Teiresias, Oedipus is committing "the worst of sins" with the people "he loves the most." More foreshadowing. Teiresias tells Oedipus that he is a threat to himself, in the "stop asking questions" kind of way.

Oedipus responds that he thinks Teiresias and Creon are simply framing him in order to seize the throne. He then taunts Teiresias about his blindness, which is not only politically incorrect but makes him out to be a total jerk. The Chorus freaks out and tells the men they aren't solving anything by arguing. Let’s just call them "reality-check Chorus."

Teiresias tells Oedipus he’s majorly, grossly cursed and will end up blinded, poor, and alone. This is the worst psychic reading ever. He then casually mentions Oedipus’s parents and informs Oedipus that he "shall learn the secret" of his marriage. Then, right before he leaves, he says (in cryptic language) that Oedipus is married to his mother. Well, he says that Oedipus is "a son and husband both," which maybe isn't so cryptic after all, unless you’re Oedipus.

The Chorus talks about the fight between Oedipus and Creon. The Strophe says whoever he is, the murderer needs to get out of Thebes, and fast. The Anti strophe which, don’t forget, is made up of the city’s citizens, declares that it can’t believe Oedipus is at fault until they see the glove on his hand, so to speak. Both halves of the Chorus agree that they have no idea whether or not to believe Teiresias.
Creon arrives, having overheard that Oedipus accused him of conspiring to steal the throne. Rumor, apparently, travels almost as fast in Thebes as in high school.

Oedipus enters again and accuses Creon to his face. Creon wants the opportunity to respond, but Oedipus won’t shut up. Finally, Creon gets a word in. He explains that, as Oedipus’s brother-in-law, he has everything he could want without any of the stress of being in charge. Basically, no one wants to shoot the Vice President. In ancient Greece. Oedipus continues to make accusations and says he’ll have Creon killed. Jocasta, Oedipus’s wife and Creon’s sister, comes in. She is horrified at her husband and brother’s fighting, and also at the death threat.

Jocasta and the Chorus urge Oedipus to listen to Creon’s honest appeals and spare his life.
Creon storms off. Jocasta asks Oedipus what’s going on. He explains he’s been accused of killing Laius. He leaves out the "you might be my Mom" part. Jocasta responds that such prophecies are ridiculous. As an example, Jocasta says that her son by Laius was prophesied to kill his father, but that they killed the child as a baby to prevent it. Plus, Laius was killed by foreign highway robbers, none of which could possibly have been his son.

Oedipus, hearing the story, flips out. Suddenly, he worries that he might be the murderer after all. He asks Jocasta lots of questions about the murder’s whereabouts and other details.
Confused, Jocasta reveals that one of Laius’s servants survived the incident at the crossroads.

Oedipus insists that the servant be summoned for questioning. Oedipus tells Jocasta that as a child, a man once told him that his mother and father were not his real parents. It was also prophesied that he would kill his father and sleep with his mother.

Sorry if it's long but as long you were able to understand it better, right??