Analysis Of Creon's Blindness In Antigone

The cover up of Creon in a golden blanket, blinded and trapped, shown in the production of Antigone by the Wilma theatre implicates Creon 's blindness. He cannot see that his actions upon setting the law to prohibit any citizen from giving Polynikes a proper burial is against the law of the gods and many objections of his people. He blinded himself in his golden blanket of sovereign power as the king of Thebes that whatever he does is for the good of his kingdom. As Antigone points out to him many of the citizens shares her thought that Polynikes needs a proper burial but they “trim their tongues to [Creon]” because they do not want to disobey the law (Antigone 219). How could he, Creon, not learn from the mistake of Oedipus? Has he not

It is ironic to see that Oedipus cannot see the truth that is right in front of him and when can can see he would no longer physically see it but be able to see the truth above all. Also it is dramatic irony to the audience since , the audience fully understand that Oedipus has blinded been blinded all these years, to not be able to recognize and marry his own mother and yet Jocasta does not know it either, the truth. In this case the physically blindness of Teiresias symbolizes that he is able to see the truth without eyes while both Oedipus and Jocasta blinded themselves when they can both physically see (Blindness and Sight in Oedipus the

Have hope.”(45) Oedipus also giving himself hope, hoping the witness say that the murder was more than one person and if that 's the case he could not be the murderer(47). Continually they believe the fact that the king of Corinth is Oedipus’ father and if Polybus is dead, then Oedipus has nothing to do with the Pythian oracle. Soon Oedipus will acquire the true vision of the case as he meets the Shepherd, who reveals to Oedipus of his real birth and Oedipus soon blinds himself