... because no matter what it would always catch up with them. "Offspring of endless night thou hast no power over me or any man who sees the sun," Oedipus (line 864-865). Oedipus is in denial and chooses to mock and insult the seer. He is scared because what he hears sounds familiar, but his mind will not let him accept ... much for divination. Henceforth I will look for signs neither right nor left", and "And now as thou hearest, judge what has become of those awe inspiring oracles," (lines 754,755,864.865,954, and 955). Jocasta would rather ignore fate while Oedipus would rather discover...

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... his mind Haimon uses the metaphor, "In the winter floods you can see/how the trees that give way save every stem,/and how those that strain are destroyed, uprooted "(864-866). Similarly uses the metaphor, "yes, but these stiff minds are the first to collapse./Fire-tempered iron, the strongest and toughest,/that's the kind you most often see snapped ... ...

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... witness that was at the fork in the road to find out if he killed King Laius. "That's full of sense. Nonetheless, send a man / to bring that farm hand here" (864-865). This shows Oedipus as being moral, because he easily could have never had the desire to find out if he killed the King or not. When Oedipus found out ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School