Oedipus Quote Discussion 3 10-19-09

"Light of my days, go dark. I want to gaze no more" (Sophocles,67). Stated by Oedipus, this quote clearly shows how he is reacting to what he has just learned. Finally, it seems as though everything is being pieced together, but in the worst way possible. He has learned from the messenger and the shepherd that he is in fact doomed by the prophecy, and he is actually living it out. Upon discovering that Jocasta, his own wife, is also his mother that left him for dead, it is clear that all the other parts of the prophecy were also true. By saying "light of my days, go dark" Oedipus is making it obvious that he does not want to face his past and he would have rather lived not knowing any of this information.