I have found it interesting that Sophocles uses the motif of sight and blindness. In fact I noticed a hint of irony when Oedipus talks to Tiresias. Although Tiresias is blind, he clearly "sees" how horrible the society is ran by Oedipus. But the funny thing is, is that although Oedipus has sight, he is "blind" in that he thinks he is doing a good job at being in charge of the society, while in reality, the society is poor and is terrible. I almost get the feeling that being blind is having the ability to see. Also, there is a motif of heat. For example, he uses "blazes" and "fire" throughout the story so far. It seems that every page has a reference to heat in some way. I'm not quite sure why Sophocles does this, but if I were to take a guess, I would say that it has to do something about sight, and being able to reveal something unknown. And by unknown, I mean that Oedipus is unaware of his blindness to society. For example, he writes, "torches blazing" many times, especially on page 170. A burning torch gives me the image of trying to find something that is unknown, or just trying to find something in general.
Another thing that I noticed was how arrogant Oedipus is. This adds to the blindness he possesses because he does not want to admit, and doesn't notice, that the society is poorly ran. This plays a huge role in the plot of the story. Because of his arrogance, he denies everything, thus leading him to his downfall.
This plays along with the large amount of foreshadowing. Sophocles uses foreshadowing to help shape the story, obviously foreshadowing Oedipus's downfall. He mentions death, and always capitalizes it. I believed that this is foreshadowing someone's death. Not necessarily Oedipus's death, but one who plays a significant role in the story.
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