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Tiresias - Dramatic Irony of Blindness
Title: Tiresias - Dramatic Irony of Blindness
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1672 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Tiresias - Dramatic Irony of Blindness
TIRESIAS - THE DRAMATIC IRONY OF BLINDNESS
BY : MR_JoNES^
Throughout history there have been some astonishing Greek plays. Some plays were more comedic in nature, so were romance plays and then there were some that were tragic plays. One of the greatest Greek tragedy plays ever written was Oedipus the King.
Brilliantly conceived and written, Oedipus the King dramatizes the self-discovery and tragic downfall of Oedipus, the King of Thebes. It tells the story about …showed first 75 words of 1672 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1672 total…will bring upon his life. Lastly, Tiresias is responsible for demonstrating dramatic irony by using his physical blindness to ultimately reveal to Oedipus his intellectual blindness. Many people in society today are blind to their past, and how the out-come of certain events affect them. Some of these people think that the only way to conquer this blindness is to seek out the truths of their past in order to lead a more fulfilled life.
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