e." After Tiresias is finished saying this Oedipus damns him and wants him to leave. His actions show his unwillingness to believe Tiresias and put faith into what he has to say. Before Tiresias turns to go he makes the statement that Oedipus' parents thought him to be sensible. When he makes this statement Oedipus immediately asks him who his farther is. Tiresias gives Oedipus an unclear answer which results in Oedipus stating, "everything you say is the same - riddles, obscurities." This statement clearly shows Oedipus' inability to solve his own riddle that he so desperately wants to uncover. To continue, the next piece of evidence that proves difficult for Oedipus to understand can be found on page 31, lines 3 - 17. "Listen to me now. The man you are trying to find, with your threatening proclamations, the murderer of Laius, that man is here in Thebes. He is apparently an immigrant of foreign birth, but he will be revealed as a native - born Theban. He will take no pleasure in that revelation. Blind instead of
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