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Oedipus: Person
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Jim Donahoe's essay on Oedipus's tragic flaw is no longer online. "In the end ... Oedipus becomes more humble and accepts his fate. He becomes a better person and is better off after his fall."
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Oedipus is rather impressive as a leader. He wants to take everything on himself. When it's suggested he send for a prophet, he's already done it, for example. Ironically, he doesn't follow through with how all this applies to him, how he really is responsible for it all. Notice (in most translations) how he uses the personal pronoun "I." He seems full of himself, but there's a blind spot in the middle of all this pomposity.
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[H]e is the one person whose life spans the time from Kadmos to that of Oedipus’ grandsons. During the last class I’ll speak of Teiresias’ death following the destruction of Thebes and show you where he died. His legend continues, even after death, for Odysseus, while trying to find his way home after the Trojan War, visited Teiresias in the Underworld because he was the only mortal to retain his wits after death.
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