Oedipus the King: Sight and Blindness

Metaphorical blindness comes from ignorance, excessive self-esteem, or influence from other people who intentionally hide the truth.

Edeps' blindness is divided into two elements that he can see (since it is not actually blind), but he also wants to see it again

He was ridiculed by Oedipus for his blindness, but Tiresias predicted Oedipus is blind, poor and humiliating

- Initially Jocasta understood the prophecies, but it was blind to the possibility of achieving this prophecy.

Near the end, Jocasta shows a desire to be blind as her terrible past truth begins to unravel

I intentionally want to blindly influence Oedipus. Because she persuaded him to depart from the truth of prophecy.

His blindness was obvious when he believed that he knew who killed Laius and cursed the murderer (his own).

Too much arrogance may cause you to ignore the changing reality of life and the world. I do not know exactly what will happen to the future.

If you make things that make you blind from the truth it leads to emotional and physical anxiety (ie the loss of Oedipus and Jocasta).

"Jocasta: Stop it - If you love your life, stop this search under the name of God! My pain is enough!

EDIPSE: Courage! Even if my mother is a slave and I am a slave, even though three generations have returned, you do not seem to be general.

"Now, my curse is a murderer, please let the man drag his life out of pain, whether he is a lonely man not known for his crimes." (280 - 283)

"You can not hurt me or the one who is seeing the light - you can not touch me (425) You can not touch me, you can not touch me (425)

"God - Everyone noticed, everyone suddenly appeared! Brighten - Show your last one! I was finally cursed at my birth, cursed by a marriage, I had a life to cut with these hands I was cursed! "

In Edips, vision and blindness are used as a metaphor of humans in the universe. God and immutable destiny are still hidden from humans; therefore, they are blinded to the truth of existence. Ironically, the only insight into the will of Oedipus' God is by the blind man. Teiresias is a blind predictor who can 'see' the truth about the situation of Oedipus. The prophet was blind, and Oedipus turned a blind eye to his scandal. To explain this to Oedipus, Teiresias said "You do not know how much we resemble" (749). He did not turn his eyes to the outside world, but Teiresias can foresee the fact that the truth leads to the desperation of Desshy. He warned Edipus not to ask the truth. "Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does not affect people who own it" (748)

In the play, King Edps has a lot of mention about blindness and vision. Some people have a limited physique like Prophet Teiresias, but others can "see" the truth. Other characters like Oedipus have full vision, but they are "blind" about the facts. In drama, gaze is used to express knowledge. An example is how "the prophet or the prophet" see "the truth behind the actual situation. Overall play, Edipsus is "blind".

Discuss blind and visual themes in the context of the pursuit of knowledge of King Oedipus. In this drama blindness and visual themes are common. The blind prophet Tiresias can see the present and the future despite being past and blind. Oedipus who was not blinded by most games closed his eyes on realizing his fate. If he understood truly his past, he chose to make himself blind because he saw "too much". Physical vision is usually fantastic and people who own it are often deceived. Blind people are usually those who actually "see" or understand reality.