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A mistake in a contact lens prescription is a visual metaphor for Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Oedipus is mistaken about his self-identity. That his start point is off makes everything else off in his life. The same may be said of an individual whose contact lens prescription is incorrect.

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