Ignorance In Oedipus The King

Ignorance has always existed in our world and always will because the path to enlightenment is exclusive to those with either the power to walk it or those with the desire to do so. The large majority of the people in this world do not have either of these two qualities which prohibits them from delving into the world of knowledge. One other possible scenario that allows people to escape this state of permanent ignorance, and that is if you are forced to walk along the path of enlightenment to escape this state of ignorance. Oedipus and Neo are two people who were forced to escape ignorance because they were needed for something bigger than themselves. It is important for people to break away from this state of ignorance so they can understand
This established a near perfect world for Oedipus but the one thing that limited its perfection was a prophecy he had heard his entire life. The prophecy: “A deadly footed, double striking curse, from father and mother both, shall drive you forth out of this land, with darkness on your eyes, that now have such straight vision. Shall there be a place will not be harbor to your cries, a corner of Cithaeron will not ring in echo to your cries, soon, soon,-- when you shall learn the secret of your marriage, which steered you to a haven in this house”(Sophocles, 487-495). This prophecy had never been prevalent in his life because, ignorantly, he felt as though he had escaped it by leaving his home in Corinth. However, the prophecy was brought back to life as he went in search of knowledge in hopes of saving his new kingdom of Thebes. He had received word that the plague that was destroying the kingdom was summoned because of the presence of the murder of the previous king, King Laius. Oedipus then decided to consult the prophet Teiresias in hopes that he would reveal the
Both disbelief and ignorance limited the rate at which he could accept his destiny and acknowledge his status of the chosen one. Disbelief had multiple layers throughout the movie but would continue to reappear as the movie played out. Disbelief was first broken down when he received a message from Trinity saying “Wake Up. The matrix has you” (The Matrix). He appeared to know that the Matrix existed but was unaware of entirely what it was. So, in hopes of discovering the truth, he followed the clues revealed to him by Trinity and was told that the entire world he lived in was but a mere illusion. Although some could argue that it would be better to not dig deeper into the Matrix and just live out each day as he normally would, he would have to deal with this “splinter in the mind” that would make him question various things in the world and would almost become more of a negative thing for him to deal with (The Matrix). He would be given the opportunity to escape the illusion of reality and he decided to take it in hopes of learning the whole truly what the Matrix was. Then once he woke up from the dream world, he again was filled with disbelief with the world that lay before him, one filled with pods full of people and going down for miles. His body and mind actually rejected what he saw and vomited which shows the difficulty of facing the truth. Being shown this new