Read Teiresias’s lines from Scene 1 of Oedipus the King and answer the question. You are a king. But where argument’s concerned I am your man, as much a king as you. I am not your servant, but Apollo’s. I have no need of Creon to speak for me. Listen to me. You mock my blindness, do you? But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind: You cannot see the wretchedness of your life,

What is the significance of the above statement in relation to the play’s conclusion?

Oedipus treats his inferiors poorly but ultimately grants them the same respect he grants to nobility.

While Teiresias appears to be mocking Oedipus, the real message is one of warning about the forces working against the king.

Oedipus earns great fame for answering the riddle of the Sphinx but ultimately loses his crown to a common man

Just as Oedipus is unable to conceive that he has done wrong in the past, he is unable to imagine that his enviable position is impermanent.

(d) alice notices that the glass is melting away. because that aint real

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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