Character Development in the Oedipus Cycle

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March 27, 2015

 

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Once Teiresias the prophet tells Oedipus the truth about his origins, his haughty pretentiousness is revealed through his words; "Has your mystic mummer ever approached the truth? ...But I came by, Oedipus?I thought it out for myself, no birds helped me!" Oedipus is blind to what is obvious because his arrogance will not let him admit the horrible truth but eventually, as the evidence becomes all too obvious, his initial pride and stubbornness leads to despair and desolation...
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