Oedipus is a classic example of a man whose central problem is that he does not know himself. Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi are inscribed these words: “Know Thyself”. Throughout the text, Oedipus shows that he does not himself as good as he should. That becomes a huge problem for him throughout the whole play. He is basically blind the whole entire play. Not only does that become a problem for himself; it actually becomes a problem for everyone there because of the plague. A big example of how Oedipus problem is that he does not know himself is the whole play Oedipus was searching for the murderer of Laios. He was searching for the murderer because the plague would not stop until then. Oedipus is the murderer if he really knew