While reaching toward the climax of the play, Oedipus continues to investigate Laius’s murder which leads to some awful secrets to be discovered. Jocasta attempts to calm Oedipus down after the ordeal with Creon, stating she does not believe that prophets are always correct due to a previous prophecy, claiming a child of her and Laius would kill his father and marry his mother, did not become true. This uneases Oedipus, and he begins to figure out the circumstances of Laius’s death sounded similar to a killing that Oedipus committed once he left Corinth, the reason being that he believed that he would marry his mother and kill his dad. As Oedipus asks for the shepherd who witnessed the attacks to come to Thebes, a Corinthian messenger arrives