... As the wife of Laios, and a member of the rule, she allowed for the disposal of her three day old son, with conscious knowledge. Had she taken a different stance on the morality of the destruction of another human being, the events could have been altered. She acted freely and therefore is an accomplice to the fall of Oedipus. Had the shepherd not acted morally and done as he was ordered to do, dispose of the child, the prophecy would have ended. "We are nevertheless free, since causality does not compel our will." (Marcoulesco 419) Oedipus' perseverance for knowledge as to the killer of Laios and the questions embedded in his mind by Teiresias, "I say that you are the murderer whom you seek" (Oedipus Rex 1.144), landed Oedipus on the track of evaluation. He was forced to consider statements made to him about himself. When Iocaste retold the story of Laios ...

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