fatefully suffers from. He saves the Thebans from the Sphinx but fails to do so from Laois’s murderer—Oedipus himself, which makes the investigation so agonizing and eventually leads his life to an even poorer end. Oedipus, like Sherlock Holmes, moves ahead of others. Holmes visualized the geographical characteristics of the moor with a detailed map before he arrives at Devonshire, a preparation which largely helps him. Similarly, Oedipus’s swiftness also gives his investigation a good start. He anticipates…
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