“oedipus rex”: what does the following passage reveal mainly about oedipus?
“oedipus: yea, i am wroth, and will not stint my words,
but speak my whole mind. thou methinks thou art he,
who planned the crime, aye, and performed it too,
all save the assassination; and if thou
hadst not been blind, i had been sworn to boot
that thou alone didst do the bloody deed.”
a) he is willing to suspend judgement until evidence is found of laius’s killer.
b) he is the type to blame himself when things go wrong.
c) he is selfless and not the kind to take things personally.
d) his wounded pride and offense have made him behave angrily.

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