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What is sight? Is it just the ability to recognize one’s surroundings or is there more? Is it knowledge? Is it understanding? Can a blind man see? Can the sighted be blind? And beyond, when the truth is too terrible, do we choose not to see? The phrase “too see” has so very many connotations. One meaning is to know or to understand and the other is based on the physical aspects of things. As humans, we are distracted by the physical world, which causes us to be blinded by the most obvious of truths. Oedipus, the main character in Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex, could not see the truth, but the blind man, Teiresias, “saw” it plainly. Sophocles’ uses blindness as a motif in the play Oedipus Rex. Oedipus, known for his intelligence, is ignorant and therefore blind, to the truth about himself and his past. Yet, when Teiresias exposes the truth he is shunned. It is left to Oedipus to overcome his “blindness,” realize the truth, and accept fate. Oedipus, “who bear the famous name,” fled his home of Corinth in fear of fulfilling the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. During his flight, he Oedipus kills a caravan of presumed low-class travelers. Oedipus comes into Thebes a stranger and her
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Responding Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, Unwillingly Teiresias, Thebes Oedipus, Rex Oedipus, Kithairon Oedipus, Iokaste Henning, King Thebes, oedipus rex, truth truth, blind truth, play oedipus rex, truth oedipus, horrible truth, blind seer, oedipus believes, play oedipus, oedipus own, fate oedipus,
Approximate Word count = 1031
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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