“Oedipus the King”

One fascinating element of this ironic tale is the role of prophecy. While the prophecies themselves were consistently correct, they are distorted throughout the story because people become uncomfortable with their content. For instance, the shepherd choosing not to kill Oedipus and Oedipus running away to avoid killing his father and having an affair with his mother. However, unfortunately, the story is based on pieces of a tale that do not fully develop until the story’s tragic end. This idea seems to be represented by Tiresias, the blind prophet, a man capable of seeing into the depths of the future, but unable to see that which is directly in front of him.