That's a B in Bursary!

Why? He covered all the major points of the story.

Been a long time since I read it but Oedipus Rex is an old greek legend of a guy who nails his mom and kills his dad. Comes down to us through Sophocles, a greek playwright. I believe it has been performed in NZ with Raymond Hawthorne playing the lead.
Freud drew inspiration from the tale when developing his theories bout the oedipal complex, Thomas Pynchon names the lead in 'the crying of lot 49' Oedipa as a reference to the kind of relationships she pursues, from time to time it is referred to in movies and such.....