Knowledge In Oedipus The King

Knowledge sometimes comes with complications. In Oedipus Rex, to see is to not know, and being blind comes with knowledge. This theme comes through the most. Oedipus Rex is a play written by Sophocles, a greek playwright. Oedipus and others further strengthen this theme with their actions and choice of words. Knowledge isn’t always better than not knowing, or being blind. To see in Oedipus Rex, seeing comes with not knowing, and blindness comes with knowledge. When Oedipus learns of his prophecy, that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he is scared to return to Corinth. After awhile, the city of Thebes undergo another wave of attacks. Oedipus tells Creon, the brother of Jocasta, to go to the Oracle at Delphi. From this, the Oracle tells him to rid the land of the plague. When the town of Thebes hears of this, a blind seer, or prophet, comes to inform Oedipus of his fate. When Oedipus and
When Oedipus and Tiresias end their quarrel, Tiresias says before he leaves: “...Go in and reflect on that, solve that. And if you find I’ve lied, from this day onward call the prophet blind” (524-526). In other words, Tiresias is saying if he’s wrong, you can call him blind. This quote contextualizes real-life blindness rather than the definition of blindness and sight in Oedipus Rex. Tiresias kind of pokes a finger at Oedipus because Oedipus could only come up with one insult. Since Oedipus keeps bringing up the blindness and sight, he himself strengthens the blindness and sight theme.
Knowledge is something everyone wants to obtain. In Oedipus Rex, knowledge partners hand-in-hand with sight and blindness. Sophocles reversed these roles from real life, and used them in a different way. When blind, the senses of the body, apart from sight, heighten because you use them more often. Your knowledge may heighten as well as you need to observe more as you have lost