Sunday, January 29, 2017

In Oedipus Rex, what does Teiresias predict will happen to the man that killed Laios?

After
receiving the news fromthat the plague
will continue to ravage Thebes until the murderer of
Laius is driven from the
city,petitions the blind prophetto identify the killer. Initially,
Tiresias
is reluctant to tell Oedipus the information he knows regarding Laius's murderer,
and
Oedipus proceeds to criticize and disrespect him. Tiresias eventually
capitulates and informs
Oedipus that he is Laius's murderer.


Oedipus is incensed by Tiresias's
response and accuses the blind
prophet of colluding with Creon to overthrow him. Tiresias then
taunts
Oedipus by saying that he doesn't even know who his parents are before he begins to
speak
in riddles. Tiresias then tells Oedipus that the murderer of Laius will
turn out to be both
brother and father to his children, both son and husband
to his mother. He also predicts that
the murderer of Laius will become blind
and poor as he leaves Thebes and travels to a foreign

land.

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