“You mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you’re blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with…” Tiresias (469-472) In the story Oedipus the King, Sophocles demonstrates the imagery of sight versus blindness through the use of tragedy, ignorance and dramatic irony The story begins with Oedipus’ arrival at Thebes as a stranger. He comes to find the town …showed first 75 words of 1070 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1070 total…caused and that he was blind to everything he wanted to see and that from now on he will see no more. When Oedipus could see with his own eyes, his mind was blind to the truth and even though Teiresias was physically blind, he was always able to see what Oedipus could not. Thus Oedipus clearly shows the imagery of sight versus blindness through the use of Oedipus’ ignorance, arrogance and tragedy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**