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-write about the events in what we read today
-write about any themes that come up and how they connect
-your opinion on what we read today
Nobody can actually point out the murderer. The chorus believes it was a group of people not just one. Oedipus hasn't even brought up the fact, or even thought about it, that he killed a man with gaurds on his way to Thebes. Also, no one in the chorus has mentioned that Oedipus showed up one day, and then the next day or so the king was found dead. Oedipus and Tiresias begin arguing and Tiresias come out and says the Oedipus is the murderer. Tiresias then tells Oedipus that his downfall will be his own, and that his family lives in disgrace. Oedipus tries to tell them that he can't be the murderer because he got rid of the Spynx. There seems to be alot of deception going on in Thebes. Maybe Tiresias knows more than what he's actually saying. Perhaps he saw the murder of the king. I think Tiresias may know who Oedipus' father is. He keeps hinting at Oedipus about who he really is. He tells him that the real murderer has killed his own father, that he was born in Thebes, and that he is now rich with power. Why doesn't Oedipus put the pieces together? Can't he see or even think that he might be the true killer? Oedipus doesn't want to believe anything that Tiresias says. He still believes that his parents are the king and queen of Polybus. Oedipus is an idiot!!!
