Oedipus The King-a Tangled Web
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The choir represents the voice of the people, the voice of the masses.
People often conform to this uniform truth, they want to be like other people. This conformation leads to a uniform voice from the public. This voice is often
ignorant to the truth, seemingly to the point that it creates its ....
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.... without question, they had no doubts that Oedipus would find a cure. They even came to Oedipus with “olive boughs all wreathed in woe,” the same way one would go to a altar when they wanted something urgently. This shows their faith in Oedipus.
This faith blinds them to the truth. When they find out that it could be Oedipus that is the cause of the plague, they still follow Oedipus blindly. They do not see the truth, they create their own. They become so deeply entwined in t ....
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