Who Was The Powerless In Oedipus The King

Throughout the story Oedipus struggles with finding the truth about his life. Overall, I would say Oedipus was pretty powerless, because he was blind. Not physically blind till later in the story but, in a sense that he couldn’t see what’s really happening, he was oblivious. He was blind to the fact that he killed his father and married his mother. Making him powerless, because he wasn’t aware of what really happened due to the dishonesty in his life. I think yes, he is powerless by his blindness because even though he found out his own fate, he was still powerless to what happened. He wasn’t even able to leave to go to the mountains until he consulted Apollo. For an example, “You must send me out of the city! Your wishes can only be granted by Apollo”. Leaving him as a prisoner to blindness due to the lack of knowledge and power. I thought that Oedipus was …show more content…
In the story, Oedipus constantly struggles to gain knowledge about his fate and the truth about his life. Which led to his downfall in the end. Being unaware of what was going on in his life led him to suffering. It wasn’t his fault that he killed his father and married his mother. He left his adopted parents, because he didn’t want his fate to come true. Which set him up for failure, because he ends up making his fate true without even knowing so. If everyone was honest with him, I think it would’ve never happened. For an example, “As for your mother, many have gone to bed with their mothers -in their dreams!”. Oedipus’s mother and wife says this trying to persuade her son that it would be okay if he married his mother, it wasn’t a big deal since in dreams many men sleep with their mothers. Jocasta was trying to make the situation sound like it was okay, since she already knew that she married her son even though Oedipus still didn’t know the truth. Oedipus would’ve lived a happier life if he was aware about his life and the people in