In the movie "The Matrix" the ignorance shown is that almost all of society is not aware that they are plugged into a system, that is called called the matrix. The people don’t know that they are stuck in the machine (Matrix).
The way they were portrayed to be blissful is by not having knowledge of what was really going on.
The knowledge they express in this movie is how Neo, Trinity, Morphieus and the rest of the gang found out they were in fact plugged into the machine. They find ways to become more knowledgeable about the system in learning new tactics. So that they can try and beat the agents, in order to save all of society. In hope that all of society become aware of what was really going on and how they weren’t really living their lives.
In "Oedipus the King" it shows a lot of ignorance in this play, basically by every character. One main point is how Laius goes to Teiresias and finds out that his not yet born son, will kill him and marry his wife. If he wouldn't have given the child to the messenger to have him killed, he wouldn't have grown up in a city, gone to Teiresias, and fled his city to end up back where he came from. Oedipus shows his ignorance by not knowing who his real parents are. The same ignorance that they are plugged into a machine. They are all blind and cannot see what is right in front of them, or something that should at least be obvious to them. Even if it may not be a simple thing to notice for them, they should have realized something was off, or not right.
When Oedipus goes to Teiresias, he tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and marry his mother. He then leaves his land where he had grown up and ran to the city where he was born. Oedipus didn’t have to move, since he thought those were his real parents he should have just been careful. He should have known that the course of action he would take next would eventually lead him to what the Oracle foretold. The reason he is ignorant is the fact that because he didn't know the people he lived with all of his life were not his real parents. Which made him travel to where his real parents were. Making what Teiresias had predicted for him a reality. The stupidity of these people that they walk right into these problems. They (from the Matrix and Oedpis) let other people control their actions.
The happiness expressed in the play is how Oedipus and Jocasta had lead a happy life while being unaware of the truth. The same with the people being controlled by the Matrix. They all were unaware of the truth and because they didn’t think anything of it, they were all happy.
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