Teiresias is talking about how Oedipus will eventually discover his past. With reference to Oedipus, Teiresias says, "A blind man, who has his eyes now a penniless man, who is rich now and he will go tapping the strange earth with his staff." (Scene 1, Line 439). But the double lash of your parents' curse will whip you out of this land some day, with only night upon your precious eyes." (Scene 1, Line 399). Who are your father and mother? Can you tell me? You don not even know the blind wrongs that you have done them, on earth, and in the world below. He says, "But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind: You can not see the wretchedness of your life, nor in whose house you live, no, nor with whom. In response to the insults, Teiresias becomes blunter about the information he knows.
Oedipus will eventually blind himself but he is ignorant towards his own future. Teiresias is literally blind while Oedipus is "blind" towards his prophecies. The irony is very obvious here since Oedipus is the one who is as blind as Tiresias in his own sense. Oedipus also says, "You child of total night! I would not touch you Neither would any man who sees the sun." (Scene 1, Line 359). He says," You can not see the evil." (Scene 1, Line 352) and "You sightless, witless, senseless, mad old man!" (Scene 1, Line 356). As their discussion turns into a quarrel, Oedipus begins to insult the prophet. This is a quite obvious hint to Oedipus about his future. He says, "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!" (Scene 1, Line 304). Oedipus admits that Teiresias is blind but believes he can help overcome the plague brought on by Apollo. When Oedipus speaks to Teiresias, he says, "Blind though you are, you know the city lies sick with plague." (Scene 1, Line 290). Sight and Blindness are very important in the conversations between Teiresias, the blind prophet, and Oedipus. He takes responsibility for blinding himself saying that he can not bear to see the \"horror everywhere\" in his actions. And it is quite ironic that after he presents the truth to King Oedipus and Queen Iokaste, Oedipus gouges his eyes out with his wife Iokaste's, brooches at the end of the play. Teiresias, the blind prophet, is Sophocles' example of this theme. The blind may not have physical sight, but they have another kind of vision.
A blind person is said to have powers to see invisible things. Associations have been made between being blind and enlightened. The answer to their question or the solution to their problem may have been sitting right in front of them all along yet they could not see the answer. It has been said that people can be blind to the truth. The blindness of Oedipus when he gouges out his eyes with Iokaste\'s broaches The blindness of Oedipus and Iokaste to the truth The obvious blindness of the prophet Teiresias but his sight about the truth I will examine the types of sight and blindness that occur in the play. In fact, anything having to do with sight, blindness or even the eyes is repeated. that Odysseus would have many adventures on his way home, but would one day manage to return to his native Ithaca and die of old age, far from the sea.In Sophocles\' Oedipus Rex, the theme of being blind and seeing is repeated over and over again. that Heracles would one day perform many heroic deeds. Many contradictory stories are told about the cause of Tiresias' blindness.Īccording to one myth, Tiresias was blinded by the gods because he spread among men what the gods wished to keep hidden.Īccording to another myth, Tiresias was blinded by the goddess Athena because he happened to see her naked.Īccording to another version by Hesiod, Tiresias was blinded by Hera because he told her that women took more pleasure in love than men. Tiresias was a descendant of the Spartoi, who were created by the teeth of a dragon. Tiresias was the son of Everes, a shepherd, and of the Nymph Chariclo, a close friend of goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom. He was famous for his extraordinary prophetic powers, his talent for interpreting the language of birds, and his longevity: according to legend, Tiresias lived for six to nine generations, earning the respect of his contemporaries. Tiresias was a blind seer from Thebes, Greece. Last Update: Tiresias, the blind seer from Thebes Tiresias, the blind seer from Thebes Tiresias, the Blind Seer with the Sixth Sense
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