... to benefit ourselves, yet without thinking about the consequences. It is only later when we reflect back on the event that we are able to see it with a more rational mind and are able to think out a better solution, or better yet, learn to just accept the outcome. Oedipus eventually learns everything about his darkened past and proceeds to inflict self ... his eyesight, he is still blind though in a different way, and still trying to control the situation. Through this act he feels he is executing judgment on himself, but his subconscious mind is driving him to inflict this pain on hims...

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... wore him down. As Teiresias states, "You are the cursed and polluter of this land " (Sophocles 35). By this quote, Oedipus's subconscious is now making Oedipus doubt his every thought and more, which would put a heavy burden on his mind. He carried around the burden of not knowing who the killer was and not being able to help the people of Thebes ... ...

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... him of a dream she had that, "Many a man ere now in dreams hath lain with her who bare him. He hath least annoy who with such omens troubleth not his mind- (1372). This simply shows that Jocasta's dream is meant to reassure Oedipus that everything will be okay for him. Freud also believes that the drives of jealousy and violence towards ... he realizes he has done this, he blinds himself to the horrible scene he has created. Lirette 5 In conclusion, fate is inevitable. Whether one believes that it is destiny, or subconscious drives, we all walk our chosen paths. In Oedipus' situation, h...

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