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According to Teiresias, what can Oedipus see? What can't he see?

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Teiresias is blind but can see the truth. He says that Oedipus may have a vision but he is blind to the truth.

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Tiresias is blind but can see the truth; Oedipus has his sight but cannot. Oedipus claims that he longs to know the truth; Tiresias says that seeing the truth only brings one pain. In addition to this unspoken irony, the conversation between Tiresias and Oedipus is filled with references to sight and eyes.

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