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The guilt of Oedipus in Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King.”
How explicitly does the prophet Teiresias reveal the guilt of Oedipus in Sophocle’s “Oedipus the King”?
Does it seem to you stupidity on the part of Oedipus or a defect in the play that the king takes so long to recognize his guilt and to admit to it? For what reason does Oedipus blind himself? What meaning, if any, do you find in his choice of a surgical instrument? Any symbolism of blindness? With what attitude toward the gods does the play leave you? By inflicting a plaque on Thebes, by causing barrenness, by cursing both the people and their king, do the gods seem cruel, unjust, or tyrannical? Does the play show any reverence toward them?