Which statement is true for both passages? Both passages discuss the entrance to the hiding place.
Both describe how the secret annex had been ransacked.
Both discuss how the bookcase had always been the entrance to the hiding place.
Both authors write about the space after the arrest.

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.