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Who was Oedipus raised by?

Oedipus was raised by the King and Queen of Corinth...those were his "adoptive parents." His actual parents were King Laios and Queen Jocaste of Thebes. His original parents "… (MORE)

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Why does Oedipus blind himself in 'Oedipus Rex'?

One of the themes in Oedipus Rex is physical and metaphorical blindness. In Greek culture, those who were physically blind were said to have metaphorical "vision" and were mes… (MORE)

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How does Sophocles play Oedipus the King relate to Plato's Myth of the Cave?

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How does Sophocles play Oedipus the King relate to Plato's Myth of the Cave?

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Plato's Allegory of the Cave are similar in that they both have reoccurring themes of blindness and sight. In Oedipus, the prophet Teiresias is lite…rally blind, but is figuratively able to see better than Oedipus because he knows about the prophecy behind the king's past. (the prophecy being that Oedipus married his mother and killed his father.) Although Teiresias makes several attempts to convince Oedipus of his true lineage, the pompous king refuses to accept this truth and accuses him of lying. Eventually, Oedipus realizes this and his wife Jocasta is unable to bear the truth that was suddenly revealed. Her inability to cope with such a traumatic event causes her to commit suicide. Once Oedipus realizes what he has done, he blinds himself so he would not be able to see the results of his unholy deeds, and is ashamed to see his children, as well as the hardships and pain he had put his family through. On the other hand, Plato's literary work discusses and fully embraces the quote "ignorance is bliss" while introducing the theme of blindness as a prisoner faces a wall in a cave that only portrays shadows from a fire of what is happening in the outside world. Sight comes in as the prisoner is suddenly released and let out into the world. (Darkness represented lies and falsity/ Light symbolized the truth, reality, and enlightenment) The prisoner is disoriented and hurt at first because he was drastically forced out of the darkness of the cave and into the sunlight. He then was able to see actual detailed images of the shadows that he was previously confined to viewing, but when he decided to try and explain this newfound discovery to other prisoners who were chained in the cave, they denied it. Despite his efforts to attempt to share the truths of reality with others who had been deprived of this experience, they doubted him because they refused to believe that all they had seen was a lie. This shows that the truth is sometimes difficult to accept. Teiresias, the blind prophet parallels the prisoner's character in that they were both enlightened by the truth, but then were doubted while trying to divulge the truth to others who were proven to be unknowledgeable. This may have resulted because people sometimes choose what they want to believe and have a hard time accepting that all that they had ever known was truly a lie. Another aspect of Oedipus Rex that relates to The Allegory of the Cave was when the truth of Oedipus marrying his mother was uncovered. Both Jocasta and Oedipus are unable to bear this sudden revelation and are startled and caught off guard. (similar to the way the prisoner was when he was thrust out into the light of reality.) (MORE)

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What is Oedipus' fate?

That he will kill his father and marry his mother is Oedipus' fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Oedipus' fate is revealed two times… (MORE)

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How did Oedipus get his name?

Oedipus got his name from his guarding parents. Oedipus means "swollen foot" because his original parents wanted to void a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry hi… (MORE)

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Who is Oedipus' father?

Theban King Laius is Theban King Oedipus' father. But Oedipus doesn't know this critical piece of information when the play 'Oedipus Rex' begins. Instead, he believes himself … (MORE)

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What is an Oedipus?

the story of Oedipus is that he was son of the Theban King Laius and Queen Jocasta. He was abandoned at birth in the woods and his feet had pins stuck throught them to the for… (MORE)

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What is 'Oedipus' in English?

The name of the mythological king means 'swollen foot',

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What does Oedipus do when he learns who he is?

When Oedipus learns that he was the boy from the prophecy who killed his father, then married his mother, he pulled the pins from Jocasta's (his mother and wife) robes and sta… (MORE)

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What is oedipus rex about-?

Oedipus rex referred to as an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles which was first performed about 429 BC.

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