... Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?- does. Connie and Oedipus undoubtedly have contrasting qualities. Initially, Oedipus is looked upon as a hero to the people of Thebes because he solves the Sphinx's riddle which free the people the Thebes from the Sphinx's terror. The people then crown him King of Thebes. Connie on ... the other hand, is merely a vain nave sixteen-year-old girl growing up in the 1960's. Being too absorbed with how she appears on the surface, Connie never attempts to get to know who she is on the inside, as a soul. Whereas Oedipus ... knows that the truth night ha...

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