The play Oedipus is a tragic tale of self-discovery and the consequences of it. Oedipus, a young man, seeks his true identity after being accused of not being his parents' son by a drunken man.Jocasta warns Oedipus that he will suffer once he discovers his true identity, but the shepherd's story confirms his lineage, and he discovers he is Jocasta and Laius's son.He secretly goes to Delphi to seek answers, but Apollo gives him a prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother.