[3860A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 11 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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Carries truth with him because he cannot see it. He becomes closer to the truth throughout the play. Gouging his eyes out is a metaphor for not wanting to see the truth. Inability to know yourself is the major problem in the play. First piece of detective fiction in culture. It is the world of the human, unlike god truth comes to him, we must figure it out in the human world. Therefore, oedipus rex is destiny vs freedom: finding out the truth about who you are. The point of the play was to witness how another human being comes to an understanding of themselves. Another theme is: knowledge and self-knowledge. Oedipus has a lot of knowledge about how to be king, but he cannot see into his own soul about who he really is. One man rapes another man, violates sacred laws of hospitality: long before oedipus.
