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Compare And Contrast Of The Od
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Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Homer’s Odyssey both deal on the topic of truth. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in O ....
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....rse, the corruption of the land.” When Oedipus responds to this, which will be discussed later, he continues to berate Tiresias for ‘lying’. Following that, Sophocles uses Tiresias to foreshadow the rest of the play for the reader, while cryptically half-hiding and half-telling Oedipus the truth, which is essentially ignored. The .... |
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