The Blind

may seem like a good idea, and the intention might be of good intent; it does more than ‘blind’ you from color. I used to look at people and think that I wouldn’t be racist if I ignored, or looked past their color. Color blindness is not progress, it’s separation. Color blindness separates the person being looked at with…

Biography of Helen Keller By: Aiden Saldana Helen Adams Keller was an American author and a lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. As an author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. Helen proved to the world that deaf people could all learn to communicate and that they could survive in the hearing world. She Was also taught that deaf people are capable of doing things that hearing people can do. Helen Keller was born in…

the story King Oedipus, referring to pages 34 to 37, the author uses Themes, Symbolism, and Conflict. The blind man Tiresias, known as a prophet to the people of the city of Thebes is brought to Oedipus. Oedipus wants to confirm the…

The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is told from the point-of-view of the narrator. Speaking in first person, the narrator describes a particular night in which he meets Robert, a blind friend of the narrator’s wife. Because the story is written in the first person, the reader is able to see what the narrator is thinking as well as speaking. Furthermore, because of the point-of-view and the brutal honesty of the narrator, the reader is given a chance to connect with the narrator and…

journey of Erik Weihenmayer, explains how a man without his sight, overcomes all odds in order to be the first blind climber reach the summit of Mount Everest. Weihenmayer is the author of the book, Touch The Top Of The World: A Blind Man’s Journey To Climb Farther Than The Eye Can See. In his memoir, Erik describes living with an eye disorder called retinoscheses, which ultimately left him blind by the age of thirteen. His visual impairment does not stop him from accomplishing his dream of…

Turning a Blind Eye: How Blindness Connects with The Odyssey and O’ Brother Where Art Thou? While reading The Odyssey for class, something that really struck me was how many characters were blind in this epic. At first, I didn’t really get the hint, but after seeing this reoccurring theme more than a few times, I began to really take notice of how often blindness would show up. We meet Demodocus, Polyphemus, Tiresias, and Odysseus’s dog- Argos throughout the epic: All have some sort of visual…

Blindness and having visons play a key role in Oedipus the King. For instance, Tiresias is a blind prophet who gives knowledge to his people and to Oedipus. Tiresias tell Oedipus this terrible fate and warns him. This shows that people can still know things without being able to see them. When Oedipus was a baby an oracle came to his parents and told them that he would have a terrible fate-the fate was that he was going to sleep with his mother and kill his father. At hearing this, his parents…

of dramatic irony, imagery, and foreshadowing. Sophocles uses dramatic irony to create the feeling of suspense by letting the audience know crucial details that Oedipus and his family are blind to. The motif of sight vs blindness is a major part of the story. Sophocles uses the event of Oedipus being blind to the fact that he killed his father to show this. The audience already knows who the real killer is, but there is suspense leading up to the reveal to Oedipus. The truth is finally told…

character with most significant presence would have to be Tiresias. Despite Tiresias being a blind prophet, and unaware of the facial expressions people give him when they hear that he is blind but “sees,” he is a significant presence by telling Creon what his fate would be if he did not correct his mistakes and what his fate would hold for him if he were to refuse what Tiresias is suggesting. Tiresias, the blind prophet, “sees.” He is significant to the development of Creon by warning others…

attractions to another, love is simultaneously blind as well as clear. Viola is in love with Orsino even though Orsino is blind to her love because he thinks she is a young man. Duke Orsino has blind love for Olivia because he is in love with the idea of love. Antonio clearly has strong affectionate feelings toward Sebastian, but it is unclear whether the two are lovers or just close friends. Viola’s love for Orsino seems to be true love, but Orsino is blind to this love because he thinks Viola…