... with another prophecy, "Unhappy man! Those jeers you hurl at me before long all those men will hurl at you- (1264). Carter 3 At the end of the story, this prophecy coming true proves that Tiresias has psychic abilities. Oedipus jeer he threw at Tiresias does come back to him. When Oedipus becomes ... your parents and your sister are gone some-wheres and I know where and how long they are going to be gone, I know who you were with last night and your best girlfriend's name - (475). He even rattles off more names that he "knows-: "Betty Schultz and Tony Fitch and Jimmy Pettinger ... stay...

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• Grade Level: High School