... metaphors throughout Sophocles' masterpiece work Oedipus Rex. Ironically, the blind prophet Teiresias becomes such an exasperation to Oedipus, "I did not know you were about to speak folly; else it would have been long before I sent for you to my house. (1st encounter). The idea of a King needing advice from anyone spoils the King's own identity and 'royalty'. Oedipus, like most people in charge ... to see hidden truths; heavenly) to the point of self-destruction, a quick look at the historical context may reveal the "truth" of this play's apparent metaphor. In a "grande" scheme, Oedipu...

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