Oedipus Rex - From Light to Dark.

Oedipus Rex - From Light to Dark The tragedy of Oedipus Rex, a drama text by Sophocles, follows the moral underpinning Greek tragedy theme throughout - that people learn through suffering. The plot is developed around a light verses darkness theme. This theme is best demonstrated through Oedipus' pride, his encounters with Tiresias, and his wife Jocasta. The irony of sight in this play can be marked by Oedipus' inability to realize that which is …

…only through accepting the truth of his lack of vision, and his inability to impact fate. Oedipus gains a compassionate, though tragic outlook because of his capacity to envision that which he could never see while he had his physical sight. Through his blindness, Oedipus is finally allowed the ability to see himself, and this demonstrates the theme darkness to light in Sophocles' play Oedipus the King. Works Cited Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. New York: Dover, 1991