In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus and Teiresias both metaphorically and literally embody the symbol of sight vs. blindness. Sight vs. blindness is illustrated in the play when Tiresies states, "You have called me blind, but you have your eyes but see not where you are in sin" (Sophocles 8). Oedipus brings Teiresias, the blind prophet, to explain why there are many disturbances occurring in the town, and Teiresias explains to Oedipus that even if he cannot physically see, he can still see all of Oedipus' wrongdoings that Oedipus is unaware of. Since Oedipus is metaphorically blind, he thinks that Teiresias is working with Creon, his brother-in-law or uncle, and trying to get Oedipus out of power, but really, Oedipus is blindly scapegoating and blaming anyone. …show more content…
Furthermore, Oedipus is metaphorically blind because Teiresias is repeatedly telling Oedipus that "you are the lands’ pollution," and since Oedipus is "blind," he ignores all of the signs that point to him being the pollution and causing unfortunate events (Sophocles 7). Many signs point to Oedipus causing the pollution because all of the events that occur before he comes to Corinth match Oedipus’ history. For example, Oedipus meets people on a three-way road and kills everyone on the road, including his father. All of the stories that have been told correlate to Oedipus killing his father and later marrying his