Gaining from Detective Work in Oedipus the King and A Scandal in Bohemi

A research worker story is a genre of fiction in which a person attempts to solve a crime. The police detective may be a professional or an amateur, and generally has nothing to assemble from result the crime. However in Sophocles Oedipus the mightiness, the main character Oedipus is not provided determined to solve a crime, but he is also in pursuit to find his own identity. This is similar to Arthur Conan Doyles A grunge in Bohemia where Sherlock Holmes has been hired to work as a detective in return for monetary compensation. Both situations enable Oedipus and Sherlock to gain from unraveling the mysteries that sweep their towns hence making these stories different from most detective stories. fewer people think of detective work in regard to Oedipus the queen, but this play builds on riddles solved, and unsolved, making it to be a mystery. Oedipus starts kayoed as an optimistic individual who is in charge of a refrigerated case proclaiming that he is going to solve the mystery of the murder of King Laius, in order to life the plague from his metropolis Thebes. The people of Thebes work aside up to and Oedipus for solving the Sphinx riddle, You freed us from the Sphinx you came to Thebes and cut us loose from the all-fired tribute we had paid that harsh, brutal singer. We taught you nothing, no skill, no extra knowledge, be quiet you triumphed (Sophocles 44-47). The people believe in him liquid body substancehout any prior knowledge of him. When he first hears of the murder, Oedipus immediately takes on the role as a detective when he hears where shall we find clue to solve that crime after so many years (Sophocles). The Oracle at Delphi tells Oedipus that the plague will be lifted if Thebes banished the man who killed Laius (Sophocles 74, line 350).In the beginning Oedipu... ...pensation for his services, but he receives much more, he learns never to under estimate the power and wit of a woman. The label engages the reader to into the literature in order to role the clues together to form and understanding of the story. When the reader gets all the clues they realize that these deuce stories go against the typical form of a detective story, because of the fact that they two gained from solving the crimes. Oedipus was able to benefit from solving the crime in that he was able to lift the plague from Thebes, save the people and find out his true identity. Although the answers didnt necessarily benefit Oedipus in his favor they helped the city return to a state of normalcy. Holmes may have been beaten by a womans wit, he solved the mystery of A Scandal in Bohemia received a monetary compensation as well as learned a life lesson.