In our scene I play Oedipus when he is just about to realize who he really is and who his parents were. He is motivated to find his lineage, setting to rest the fears he has that the prophet's words will come true. By being so afraid of this destiny, Oedipus goes to all ends of the earth to figure it out. His relentlessness eventually leads to the truth being uncovered, and so Oedipus's motivation leads to his downfall, one element that makes it tragic. In it he says he doesn't care if he was a common slave, but the truth is far more horrible.