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Oedipus' Journey For The Truth
Oedipus took an intellectual journey throughout the play. A journey to find the truth. In order to find the truth he had to go through three stages. These three stages were Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom.
Information are the facts and evidence that h ....
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.... him, he makes a proclamation that if anyone knows who the killer is, they must come forward and tell the truth. He also damns a curse on the head of the murderer. A curse of exile and banishment from the city and from the people of Thebes. He’s trying to gain and keep his nobility and respect from the citizens of his city. The cursed was announced also in interest of the safety of Oedipus himself. If the murderer killed one king , why wouldn’t he strike again? So Oedipus was thinking for his own safety as well. The connection between the play and knowledge is that Oedipus m ....
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