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A blind man cannot see, but does that mean he does not have insight? A sightful man can see his path, but does that mean he can forsee his future? In the tragic ironic play of Oedipus Rex, the usage of sight and blindness is carried throughoyt the characters to convey a sense of truth and knowledge. Sophocles develops an inverse relationship between physical blindness and inner viosion through the characters of Tiresias and Oedipus, and to a lesser extent, Jocasta. Tiresias, the blind seer, most clearly illustrates the paradoxical relationship between blindness and sight in the play. As a blind prophet, Tiresias is asked by Oedipus, the king of Thebes, to announce the murderer of former King Laius; the murder dwells in the city of Thebes, and it is he who is causing the dreadful plague. Tiresias refuses to denounce the murder because seeing the truth only brings one pain. He knows that once Oedipus knows the truth about his childhood and background, he will be shattered. But King Oedipus insists. Therefore, the profet said Oedipus was the mu