Is ignorance really bliss or is it best to know and cope with life as it is? In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus learns the harsh truth of his life situation after living completely blind to reality. He goes through life oblivious of significant events that directly impact his fate. When stating Oedipus is blind to reality, it is representative of his ignorance, when he becomes aware of his true identity, Oedipus literally blinds himself as an act of aggression and misery. At the point the blind prophet, Tiresias, comes to help Oedipus resolve the town’s crisis, it is obvious he knows Oedipus better than Oedipus knows himself. The omniscient prophet knows who Oedipus is, who he has become, what he has done, and what was done