Friday, August 5, 2011

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Tiresias reveals to Oedipus that Oedipus himself is the murderer of Laius, his father. Oedipus goes into rage and will not believe what the prophet has told him. Then, when he is told that he married his own mother, he goes even deeper into denial. The king believes he did not perform those acts, but Tiresias is the prophet and knows everything. He tries to explain to Oedipus why he will not recognize what he has done. He tells him, “You, even though you see clearly, do not see the scope of your evil, nor where you live, nor with whom you dwell” (Sophocles ll. 433-435). The prophet is saying that even though Oedipus has the ability to see with his eyes, he will not see what he has done to cause problems in Thebes. He feels that if he can not remember or know what he did, then he does not deserve to see anything else. Oedipus decides to grab a pin from Jocasta’s dress and gouges out his eyes until their sockets are barren.

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