Louis Harlan, a historian who wrote extensively about Booker T. Washington’s life and career, has argued that Washington was willing to ignore evils of racial segregation in the South if it brought financial and professional gains to African Americans. What passages of this speech could be used to support Harlan’s conclusion?

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.