Sight in Oedipus the King

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Sophocles' use of sight in this portion of the play allowed him to provide the audience with detailed foreshadowing, and also begin the continuous irony of Oedipus' condition and his fate. Furthermore, as the play progresses, Sophocles uses sight to inflict Oedipus with the seal of his inevitable fate...
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Because he lacked the capability to see his fate, Oedipus kept pushing to know more details about his past, his family, and the former king's murder. This quite literally led to the digging of his own societal grave. The more he knew, the stronger the ties between himself and the crimes grew, and thus, the more his fate became an unfortunate certainty...
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