Such is the case of Oedipus the King in Sophocles" Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. ... Oedipus is very well spoken. ... Oedipus" blindness is metaphoric. In scene one lines 284 to 448 of Oedipus Rex the conflict between ignorance and truth, pride and blindness is battled out in the meeting between Oedipus and Teiresias. ... Oedipus greets him with praise. ...

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