being considerably famous. One of Sophocles’ plays that is especially recognizable is the play Oedipus Rex, which is about the Theban king Oedipus and his downfall. Sophocles uses the motif of sight and blindness by highlighting Oedipus’ mental blindness in order to illustrate that ignorance causes misfortune not only to the oblivious person, but also to the people around them. The mental blindness of Oedipus from his lack of knowledge of his real parents and his anger causes the city of Thebes to suffer
being considerably famous. One of Sophocles’ plays that is especially recognizable is the play Oedipus Rex, which is about the Theban king Oedipus and his downfall. Sophocles uses the motif of sight and blindness by highlighting Oedipus’ mental blindness to illustrate that ignorance causes misfortune not only to the oblivious person, but also to the people around them. The mental blindness of Oedipus from his lack of knowledge of his real parents and his anger causes the city of Thebes to suffer
clearly expressed in the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, Part of Sophocles work of Drama. The play tells the story of the city of Thebes and it’s king Oedipus. Seeing Thebes sickened by the plague, Oedipus vows to rid the city of the disease. Oedipus learns that in order to save the city he must avenge the murder of Thebes previous king, Laïos. On a quest to find the culprit, Oedipus discovers dark secrets about himself and his past. Using the development of a sight motif within the play, Sophocles suggests
In the text Oedipus the King, Sophocles puts so much trust into his senses like hear, touch, smell, taste and sight to represent the three types of irony, but mainly sight. Considering the major motif in Oedipus the King was vision, sight, and blindness. Sophocles’ use of irony is purposely interpreted to show Oedipus’s hamartia because throughout Oedipus the King there are many examples of verbal, dramatic and situational irony, which lead to the downfall of Oedipus. Sophocles uses dramatic irony
agonizing fate as the tragic heroes in the story. Through the use of motifs, Sophocles was able to demonstrate the consequences that occur through flaws in morality. In Oedipus the King, blindness, death, and ignorance are key aspects in the tragedy. Literary devices such as motifs, impact the way readers assess the work and compare it to their ideas. Blindness is a motif that is consistently used all throughout the play. Oedipus is able to see but he is letting his stubbornness blind him