Blindness is not just vision, but blindness is also knowledge and reality. Blindness can lead to fatal endings and hurt feelings. Although the plays, Oedipus the King and Othello, demonstrate blindness, both plays utilize blindness in different ways. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus is blinded by his self-centered personality and is unwilling to listen to others. Meanwhile, in Othello, Iago demonstrates a lack of carelessness towards others with his unjustifiable actions. Throughout the play of Oedipus the King, Oedipus needs answers to find the murderer of the former king of Thebes and his biological father, King Laius. . Ironically, Oedipus does not know that he was the one who killed the king. But due to Oedipus' narcissistic personality, it pushed him to investigate the murder. However, people in his circle like Teiresias warned Oedipus that he would not like the results that would come. Ironically, once again, Tiresias is visually impaired, but Tiresias is the wiser and attempts to guide Oedipus, but Oedipus denies Tiresias' hand. Once he finds out the real killer, himself, he will...
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