Blindness in Sophocles’ Oedipus The King and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral. * Compare Sophocles’ ” Oedipus The King ” with Raymond Carver’s ” Cathedral…

Blindness in Sophocles’ Oedipus The King and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.”

1. *Compare Sophocles’ “Oedipus The King” with Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.” What are the roles of the blind men in each work? Show how the theme of blindness in each work are similar and different.

2. *Compare and contrast the works of these two stories, show specific evidence of similarities and differences between the roles of the blind messengers in each work. Please use specific quotes from the play and short story to support these ideas.

•  What roles do Teiresias (Oedipus The King) and Robert (“Cathedral”) fulfill in each work?
•    What does each protagonist receive from his blind messenger?
•    In which ways does each blind character hold a position of power over the protagonist?
•    How does each educate us about our ideas about the blind?

****Please provide scholarly sources if possible****