Blindness In Oedipus The King

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May 8, 2012

 

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What Oedipus was not expecting, however, was that the sin he could not see himself was to blame for the judgement being poured out upon the country. The sin so hidden from Oedipus' and the peoples' eyes was quite visible to Teiresias. What Teiresias lacked in his ability to see the world, he made up for in being able to see a person's heart - a skill that nearly cost him his life after a lengthy argument with Oedipus...
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The sin so hidden from Oedipus' and the peoples' eyes was quite visible to Teiresias. What Teiresias lacked in his ability to see the world, he made up for in being able to see a person's heart - a skill that nearly cost him his life after a lengthy argument with Oedipus. Yet what distinguishes Teiresias from the others was his genuine concern for others ? a concern that he voiced before demolishing Oedipus in front of the growing crowd outside of the palace...
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