Ignorance In Oedipus Rex

Ignorance is bliss is something we humans use a lot, even if we don’t recognize it. For example, if someone’s son crashed their parent’s car, would the parent be happier if they had known or didn’t know about it. The parent if they had known would be angry about what had happen to the car and what their son had done, but if they didn’t know then they wouldn’t be angry. Sounds very simple correct? Then why do fat people avoid weighing themselves on a scale. Well now it’s not as simple as we think it is because now we don’t know any other reason they would be avoiding it since there is no punishment. To explain the reasons of why ignorance is bliss will be from using Oedipus Rex, Flowers for Algernon (CHAЯLY movie version), The Matrix, and Allegory
In “Oedipus Rex” Oedipus had pursuit of the truth to leave his cave of ignorance despise all the warnings he had received from everyone. When Oedipus had decided to go on his journey to uncover the truth he had made everything worse, if he hadn’t left Corinth his life in Corinth would have been long and prosperous, and Thebes would have lived on under King Laius. If Oedipus hadn’t pursued that truth to the mysteries that plagued him, despite the pleading warnings from Jocasta, in fact his life would have been contented and happy. Once Oedipus had discovered the truth of him finishing the prophecy, he couldn’t handle it. Oedipus couldn’t handle the truth of him finishing the prophecy resulting in Oedipus destroying his vision after he had found out “raised them, and plunged them down straight into his own eyeballs” (Oedipus 1217). Oedipus could not handle the truth and had wanted to punish himself from finding out the truth. Another example of how people can’t handle the truth is Cypher from “The matrix”, he no longer could handle the truth of living on the Nebuchadnezzar with the rest of the group. Cypher had went to talk with the agents to release him from the truth “You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.” (The
In our society we ignore things that will try to hurt us because for example, when you are walking down the street and see an accident that had happen. Would it had been better to ignore it and keep moving on or stay there to see what had happen. Well then it probably would had been better if you just ignore it and don’t involve yourself with the problem. Quoting from Emerson “People only see what they are prepared to see.” is somewhat ignorance is bliss because of how people will ignore things they don’t want to see because it will hurt them, make them sad, or they just can’t handle it. As shown from “Oedipus Rex”, “The Matrix”, “Allegory of the cave”, and “Flowers for Algernon” they have shown that ignorance is bliss in our