Oedipus Rex and the theme of blindness

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January 1, 2014

 

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He eventually gives in, and explains that it is Oedipus who is the murderer of Laius. This enrages Oedipus, who becomes angry with Teiresias and begins to criticize him for his blindness saying, "? you are blind in mind and ears as well as in your eyes." This comment is quite humorous to the audience because it does not truly describe Teiresias, but Oedipus instead...
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He was given hints by numerous people, yet was still oblivious to the reality. Oedipus's first hint was when a drunken man accused him of being a bastard child. Next was the prediction from Phoebus, who said that he was "fated to lie with his mother ? and doomed to be the murderer of his father." His next clue was from Teiresias, who claimed that he was the murderer of the former king ? yet that was still not enough...
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