The tale of Oedipus has several similarities to The Matrix. The concepts are: ignorance is bliss, and knowledge. Oedipus had been under the impression that he was happy with his wife Jacosta. However, he had no idea that Jacosta was actually his own mother. This shown that his ignorance made it completely acceptable. However, once he found out, life became a train wreck for him. He resulted in gouging out his own eyes so he can not see his children that he had conceived with Jacosta.
In The Matrix, the concept of ignorance is bliss comes from the fact that the characters in the matrix already know that everything is fake. However, they make it feel like its real so there are certain things that they feel are real even though they are not.
Another concept in relation between the two pieces of media is Knowledge. Both had made it seem like knowledge is power. In Oedipus, being unenlightened had been a great disadvantage. There were many things that he did not know. For example, the fact that he had no clue who his real parents were. And he unknowingly filled the prophecy in which he kills his father and weds his mother.
In The Matrix, the oracle had given Neo the knowledge that he was not the one. However, she also mentioned he could be, perhaps in a better life. The knowledge of that had been unexpected at first. However, it turned out that Neo became the one after he returned from the dead.
These examples are two of many more comparisons between The Matrix and the tale of Oedipus. Ignorance is bliss, and Knowledge is power.
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