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In the beginning of the play, Oedipus has perfect sight or vision. However, he is blind and ignorant to the truth about himself and his past, which relates to the idea of "truth v.s. appearance". He desperately wants to know, and to understand, but he cannot. At this point, it is obvious what Oedipus's action must be to overcome the blindness.
Ironically, into the play is introduced a prophet, Teiresias, who is physically blind, but who has great mental power. This justifies Oedipus as a man ignorant to the true appearance of things - this blind man can "see" the truth about Oedipus, yet Oedipus, in all of his physical perfection, cannot.
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Oedipus had changed dramatically throughout the end of the play. What makes it much more tragic though is that the events were, for the most part, out of Oedipus' control. Even though she brought it upon herself, by not telling Oedipus that she knew of his fate, it was at this moment when she became aware of her punishment. In desperation at this point, she kills herself. This just shows how much pain his fate is bringing to everyone. In his case though, he wanted to see the truth and he finally got that chance. Unfortunately, this does not help his problem. Now Oedipus has gone through it all.
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