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There are some common similarities about knowledge in two stories. In The Matrix, Neo had something unsolved in his life and feel Something was not there where it was supposed to be. He did not have any ideas about the truth. As Neo felt, Oedipus also was curious about something about his identity, and doubted about his past. They both did not have information (knowledge) about what was going on around their lives.  

In terms of ignorance, bliss, and knowledge, Cipher thought that ignoring the truth was happiness in The Matrix. He knew the truth about terribly computerized human life and had a complete knowledge about how things are going, but living in a manipulated life got him stressed and meaningless life, so he could not deal with the situation he face. He finally went to the agent Smith and asked him if he could get him back to the Matrix which would take his memories away and govern his entire minds. Opposite of Cipher, Neo wanted to know things even if the result would be bad. He chose red pill to experience clear and precise world around his life. Even If  the prophet said that Neo was not the one who would save people’s life, Neo decided to fight for the people and turned things back to normal life.

             In Oedipus The King, Oedipus’s wife, Jocasta was the one who thought that ignorance was happiness and bliss. She convinced Oedipus not to try to find out the truth about his past anymore. She said that that moment was happy enough for them and the truth would bring him and herself suffered(1060). On the other hand, Oedipus thought the truth had to be revealed, so he denied her saying, and kept investigating the truth. He had a will about finding out the reality. The result turned out to be tragedy. Oedipus realized all the things clearly and it seems that the predict that the prophet said to the king was proved and Oedipus finally could not break his fate.

In both story, there are two ways to choose for main characters. One is ignoring the truth and living the normal happy life. The other is that finding out what the real situation is and face the negative truth.