Oedipus Rex How blindness lead to his destruction
English Literature Oedipus The King by Sophocles Oedipus the King (426 BC) features the customary and reverent view that man is oblivious and ignorant and that in truth, fate is out of their hands, although they may think they can control it, it is in the hands of a higher God. It follows the unfortunate hero Oedipus Rex, as he searches to find the truth of his past, his predecessor and the curse brought onto his land. The truth that will eventuate in his downfall and self destruction. It Oedipus ignorant and conceited blindness, his oblivion that ensures his own ruin. The play Oedipus the King has withstood time to still be one of the greatest plays of all time. ... Oedipus search for truth connects with that of the ancient Athenians. ... The prophetic situation with Oedipus is connected to that of the confused Athenian of that time. The play Oedipus the King (preformed in honour of the god of revelry, Dionysus) explores prophecy, fate and its connotations. Oedipus broke the most forbidden taboos of ancient Greece and of the modern western society; Incest and Patricide. ... Hubris works on different levels, it blinds Oedipus realisation, until he reaches the utter destruction of himself, it also summons emotion from the spectators.