Oedipus blog #1

"I say you see and still are blind-appallingly: Blind to your origins and to a union in your house. Yes, ask yourself where you are from (23)?

Tiresias is basically telling Oedipus that he is clearly blind about the act of murder that just occured. He not only insults Oedipus by saying that he is "blind appallingly" about the whole murder, but also insults his life in general. Like he said, "Blind to your origins and to a union in your house," refers to Oedipus' family and where he actually comes from. Since he doesn't know that the person that was murdered was his father, even more he killed him. Later on, he marries his own mother which he doesn't know either, so his blindness continues throughout the play.