"An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we can not bear to look out of, we blind them as quickly as possible." (Russell Hoban, American novelist) Sometimes the reality of a situation is so harsh that, instead of facing it, people blind themselves to it. In Oedipus Rex, the theme of sightlessness is prevalent throughout the play. Sophocles uses ambiguity to keep from creating biases …showed first 75 words of 1149 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1149 total…obstacles to achieve its purpose. In the end, Oedipus' wife and mother hung and he, "...plunged down [the brooches] straight into his own eyeballs." The punishment he gave himself was that he would never again be allowed to see the world which he brought so much shame upon. The prophesy had been fulfilled and fate took its course. However unfair fate is, one cannot argue with it, because it cannot and will not be changed.