Oedipus

“You mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you’re blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with…” Tiresias (469-472) In the story Oedipus the King, Sophocles demonstrates the imagery of sight versus blindness through the use of tragedy, ignorance and dramatic irony The story begins with Oedipus’ arrival at Thebes as a stranger. He comes to find the town …showed first 75 words of 1015 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1015 total…caused the great suffering and misfortune of Thebes. Upon discovering this he goes to Jocasta who had overheard what was told and had killed herself. He removes the long gold pins holding her robes and plunges them into his eyes stating that he will see no more pain that he has suffered or caused and that he was blind to everything he wanted to see and that from now on he will see no more.