Examples Of Moral Blindness In Oedipus The King

Oedipus Is about a man who is trying to change his fate only to have it happen to him. This shows the theme of Moral blindness in multiple ways. A major point was when Oedipus and Jocasta refuse to accept the truth about the prophecy and keep denying it. This leads them to be blind to the truth. A good example of this is on page 37 where the messenger tells Oedipus about his story and realizes that the prophecy came true. Another example is when Oedipus keeps trying to deny his fate and change it. We can see it a lot throughout the story from when he ran away from corinth to even when he knows it’s true he tries in vain to stop it. Also there is another example, Oedipus’s pride. He is very prideful of himself and this has led him to be morally