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Who is Tiresias? What events have led up to him being summoned and what has he done to anger Oedipus? Tiresias, a character from the play Oedipus the King
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1. Who is Tiresias? What events have led up to him being summoned and what has he done to anger Oedipus? Tiresias, a character from the play Oedipus the King, is an old blind prophet/ seer who is summoned to tell Oedipus his fate. Tiresias has the special gift of foresight and prophecy, which he learns from the Gods. Because of his talent of being able to predict and tell the future, he is the Gods messenger. Oedipus accuses Tiresias of the murder of King Lauis, but in the end, it is Tiresias that is proved right. Leading up to the summoning of Tiresias, we as readers see how the city of Thebes is suffering from a disastrous plague, causing devastation to the people of the city. The plague is killing the people of the city, their fruit and crops are dying and women are dying in child labour: " Thebes...
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