You and I
You and I In life, everyone has their own set of moral values and ethics by which they abide. These values are different and original to everyone but just because we have different morals and values, does that make us wrong? In terms of Oedipus, his morals and ethics are very different from many people and in many ways would be frowned upon. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus has to make many hard and difficult decisions throughout the book but there are 3 that stand out to me. They are when Oedipus accuses Creon and Tiresias of conspiring against him, when Oedipus mocks Tiresias’ blindness and Tiresias curses him eventual blindness, and when Oedipus blinds himself after his mother/wife hangs herself. Throughout all the Oedipus plays, Oedipus makes many rash decisions and he does this especially in Oedipus the King. First off when Oedipus learns the truth from Tiresias, he says Creon and Tiresias are plotting against him:
"Creon, the soul of trust, my loyal friend from the start steals against me... so hungry to overthrow me he sets this wizard on me, this scheming quack, this fortune-teller peddling lies, eyes peeled for his own profit--seer blind in his craft!"
This was a harsh and unjust way to act towards a friend. Without having any evidence he automatically accuses Creon without even considering what Tiresias told him. If it were me, I would of course have wanted to deny what Tiresias told Oedipus but then again, if I knew there was even the smallest possibility that it was true, I would have first checked and examined my doings. If Oedipus just would have taken a step back and examined the facts, he would have been able to safe his family and himself from some of their misery and would have even prevented the next quote. Oedipus out of pure rage and anger of the situation mocks Tiresias about his judgment and his blindness. This prompts Tiresias to say:
"So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the
"Creon, the soul of trust, my loyal friend from the start steals against me... so hungry to overthrow me he sets this wizard on me, this scheming quack, this fortune-teller peddling lies, eyes peeled for his own profit--seer blind in his craft!"
This was a harsh and unjust way to act towards a friend. Without having any evidence he automatically accuses Creon without even considering what Tiresias told him. If it were me, I would of course have wanted to deny what Tiresias told Oedipus but then again, if I knew there was even the smallest possibility that it was true, I would have first checked and examined my doings. If Oedipus just would have taken a step back and examined the facts, he would have been able to safe his family and himself from some of their misery and would have even prevented the next quote. Oedipus out of pure rage and anger of the situation mocks Tiresias about his judgment and his blindness. This prompts Tiresias to say:
"So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the