vision and sight in Oedipus the King
The importance of Vision or Sight.
Oedipus The King written by Sophocles is a play from the Ancient Greek time. In Greek play one of the most fundamental aspect is to make a point. The play is useful to teach life lessons or just morals in general. In those plays there are a lot of valuable points, but the easiest one are the one that are told in the story directly, however the points that are the most valuable are a bit hidden and bit harder to find. The play, Oedipus the King, they are multiple points made however I will focus on only one, which is the “vision” of two characters, Tiresias and Oedipus. In this play we can see a physical characteristic that stand out easily between Oedipus and Tiresias. Oedipus has a working pair of eyes, which give him a good sense of “sight”, whereas Tiresias is blind man. However Tiresias is known to be a “seer”. The ironic part is that, Oedipus sees physically what is going on around him, but he is blind to see what is actually going on around him, and this the case for Tiresias, who knows what is going on around him and around Oedipus’s world, however he does not physically sees anything since he is blind. The appearance of Tiresias in the play is a huge turn of events, since it is at this point where everything collapses in Oedipus’ life. The first time Tiresias speaks, he shows his given talent by saying that he knew already that this conversation/event would happen, it was just a matter of time “Ah me! A fearful thing is knowledge, when to know helpeth no end. I knew this long ago, but crushed it dead. Else had I never come” (15). This already annoyed a little bit Oedipus, however when Oedipus was seeking for answers, about the situation, Tiresias would not answer, even though he knew the answers, the answers were a bit too hurtful for Oedipus. Oedipus annoyed by the situation, shows a silly and un-matured behavior, which is to be mad. He would tell Tiresias “I know thou art blind; else I could swear/Thou,
Oedipus The King written by Sophocles is a play from the Ancient Greek time. In Greek play one of the most fundamental aspect is to make a point. The play is useful to teach life lessons or just morals in general. In those plays there are a lot of valuable points, but the easiest one are the one that are told in the story directly, however the points that are the most valuable are a bit hidden and bit harder to find. The play, Oedipus the King, they are multiple points made however I will focus on only one, which is the “vision” of two characters, Tiresias and Oedipus. In this play we can see a physical characteristic that stand out easily between Oedipus and Tiresias. Oedipus has a working pair of eyes, which give him a good sense of “sight”, whereas Tiresias is blind man. However Tiresias is known to be a “seer”. The ironic part is that, Oedipus sees physically what is going on around him, but he is blind to see what is actually going on around him, and this the case for Tiresias, who knows what is going on around him and around Oedipus’s world, however he does not physically sees anything since he is blind. The appearance of Tiresias in the play is a huge turn of events, since it is at this point where everything collapses in Oedipus’ life. The first time Tiresias speaks, he shows his given talent by saying that he knew already that this conversation/event would happen, it was just a matter of time “Ah me! A fearful thing is knowledge, when to know helpeth no end. I knew this long ago, but crushed it dead. Else had I never come” (15). This already annoyed a little bit Oedipus, however when Oedipus was seeking for answers, about the situation, Tiresias would not answer, even though he knew the answers, the answers were a bit too hurtful for Oedipus. Oedipus annoyed by the situation, shows a silly and un-matured behavior, which is to be mad. He would tell Tiresias “I know thou art blind; else I could swear/Thou,