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Oedipus: Blindness vs Sight<\/p>\n
Pride is Oedipus most significant flaw, and it leads him to many misfortunes. He presses on with the investigation to find out his father\u2019s killer, leading to the discovery that he is the guilty party. Throughout the Oedipus stories, he refuses to listen to anyone but always tries to prove his point. Despite the negative connotation to Oedipus\u2019 pride, there is also an upside. Oedipus solved the greatest pestilence on the kingdom of Thebes by following his pride blindly. A pestilence had struck Thebes for some time, and the people desperately wanted to find out its cause. Even before they got to him, Oedipus was already determined to find out the cause. He had his bother in law, Creon, consult the oracle and he returned with the news that for the plague to end Laius\u2019 murderer had to be found. Oedipus made it his mission to investigate what happened and find the murderer, not realizing that he was the guilty one. <\/p>\n
Oedipus asked Tiresias the prophet for his insight into the murder of the former king, but Tiresias refused to give him a direct answer. Furious, Oedipus would not relent until he got the answers, he found out the painful truth that he had killed his father and married the king\u2019s wife; in essence, he had married his own mother. The situation is a two-faced one; it rid Thebes of its plague, but at the same time, it destroyed Tiresias. Despite Tiresias\u2019 warning that his pursuit of the truth would bring only pain, Oedipus chose to move on Looking at the greater good, Oedipus; pride, in this case, saved the kingdom and its people from further suffering. However, Oedipus\u2019 family was destroyed. He learned the truth of his childhood and the unfortunate prophecy that had come true. <\/p>\n
Works Cited<\/p>\n
Sophocles, E. A.\u00a0Oedipus the king. Classic Productions, 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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