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Read Teiresias’s lines from Scene 1 of Oedipus the King and answer the question.
You are a king. But where argument’s concerned I am your man, as much a king as you. I am not your servant, but Apollo’s. I have no need of Creon to speak for me. Listen to me. You mock my blindness, do you? But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind: You cannot see the wretchedness of your life,
What is the significance of the above statement in relation to the play’s conclusion?
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While Teiresias appears to be mocking Oedipus, the real message is one of warning about the forces working against the king.
Oedipus earns great fame for answering the riddle of the Sphinx but ultimately loses his crown to a common man
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Read Teiresias’s lines from Scene 1 of Oedipus the King and answer the question.
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