Sight vs blindness

The term sight vs blindness has fully catches my interest since I was introduce to it in the beginning of this course in the play Antigone. To my surprise, this term is used repeatedly not only in Antigone but also in King Lear.

What interests me is the fact that the Greeks brilliantly adopting the true fact of people who are physically blind but are able to see the truth and differentiate between good and bad, as oppose to those who are able to see but they are morally blind in a play. Therefore, the play becomes ‘alive’ as it relates to our real life.

The term sight and blindness can be seen when Creon who has normal eyesight fails to see that his action will cause destruction towards himself while the blind boy who was guided by Tiresias is able to ‘observe’ what is happening, saying that Creon’s edict will bring suffering to the city and that Creon will receive ‘payment’ form God for his unwise action.

In the play King Lear, King Lear is unable to see that his two daughters are planning to destroy him, while his other daughter which is Cordelia who he has disclaim his paternal care is the decent daughter. On the other hand, Gloucester is able to see that Edmund has plotted against him, after he was blinded.

Here, the tern sight vs blindness is depicted beautifully in the play, making it more interesting and it reflects the real world.