The irony of sight is a prevalent theme in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Both Oedipus and Tiresias are blind in their own respect, Oedipus by his pride, and Tiresias by his fate. They also share a common bond in their intelligence, perception, and in their wit. What makes their indisposition ironic is that Oedipus can see but is blinded by his pride and ignorance, his two preeminent hamartias, and Tiresias though physically blind can see …showed first 75 words of 1005 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1005 total…it has been confirmed by the messenger,”In God’s name, if you place any value on your life, don’t pursue the search. It is enough that I am sick to death”(77). But he will soon know and the knowledge of himself will set him free, and he will be able to understand his faults and finally realize that the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother had come true.