Read the excerpt below and answer the question. on either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye, that clothe the wold and meet the sky; and through the field the road runs by to many-towered camelot and up and down the people go, gazing where the lilies blow round an island there below, the island of shalott. (“the lady of shalott”; lines 1–9) this opening stanza of the poem sets its rhyme scheme as a: a, a, a, b, b, c, c, c, b b: a, a, b, b, c, c, d, d, d c: a, a, a, a, b, c, c, c, b d: a, a, a, b, b, b, c, c, c

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.