One major topic in Oedipus the King is sight. Oedipus mocks
Tiresias about his blindness at the beginning of the play. Tiresias replies on
pg. 28 “Since you have taunted me with being blind, here is my word for you.
You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor
whom you live with.”. It begs the question, what is sight? Is sight knowing
where you are in life or is sight the physical act of seeing? Oedipus has his
sight but, has no idea how deep in sin he is. Clearly the author is painting a
picture that sight is not only the ability to see but, the ability to see
truth.
P.S. I commented on Brianna's and Dallas's Posts.
P.S. I commented on Brianna's and Dallas's Posts.
I found this interesting as well. In my mind, this raised the question of how valuable is sight if you're oblivious to the situation in which you are in? This also made me think of the many places in the Bible where it mentions having eyes but not being able to see.
ReplyDeleteI also thought this was interesting. I too asked myself the question you presented on whether sight was knowing where you are in life or physically being able to see. Oedipus's sight kind of flip flops too. First, he has sight but doesn't know of his wrong doing. Then, he's aware of what he's done wrong, but loses his sight. Very interesting for sure.
ReplyDelete