Theme Of Blindness In Trifles And Oedipus - 744 Words

Everyone has the will to acknowledge the truth or not, but there are some that are blinded to the truth. In the dramas Trifles by Susan Glaspell and Oedipus by Sophocles, Both having some type of blindness as their theme. While using the theme of blindness, the authors try to teach that the truth could sometimes be right in plain sight. In Trifles, you start to see the theme of blindness in Henry,Lewis and George during their investigation of the death of John Wright. An example of this occurs during the scene where the men look for evidence in the kitchen. Doing so they end up finding Minnies frozen and broken jar of fruit. While sheriff Henry ends up dismissing it because he declared it as unimportant, The wives of the men start†¦show more content†¦In Oedipus you can see the theme of blindness in Oedipus multiple times. An example would be during Oedipus ordering anyone who knows anything about the murder of Laius to speak. During this order he curses the murder by saying let that men drag out his life in agony, step by painful step. While thinking he knows what happened and acting quick to find the murder, Oedipus, was blinded to the truth that he didnt know he cursed at himself and the fate that waited for him. Oedipus ends up criticizes the people because of how long its taking to find the murder. While criticizing the people, Oedipus claims to fight for Laius as if he was his own father. This support the idea of blindness being the theme because Oedipus displays his own blindness to the truth. Second example would be when Oedipus accuses Tiresias of plotting to kill Laius, Tiresias being upset tells Oedipus that he is the murder, after insults being flung at each other. Tiresias calls Oedipus the blind one for not seeing the truth after Oedipus mocks Tiresias blindness. This is ironic because Oedipus was blinded by rage and couldnt realize his own blindness. The last example is when Oedipus is trying to get the truth out of the shepherd of his childhood. While the ones that knew about his fate, tried to stop him. Oedipus the only that doesnt know about his fate is so blinded that he threaten to torture and kill the shepherd if he does not speak. This support the idea