The Role Of Tiresias within the Play: Oedipus Rex Characters in a play serve the purpose of giving the reader a story. Without characters, there is no story. Every character has a purpose. Some characters have a strong role, moving with intent and design while playing upon the personality and desire of other characters. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the character Tiresias acts as a guide within the plot. He holds the key …
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…not only the development of the plot, but as well Oedipus Rex's fate. As a blind prophet, Tiresias uses positive qualities such as knowledge, truth and faith to control Oedipus' future of negative misfortune. Having a guide within a play or novel may not seem like a very important figure in the story line. However, it is the characters who play the small parts that often prove most necessary and most significant within a tale.