Oedipus Rex is perhaps the most well-known play written by Sophocles. It is a rather tragic tale of Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, who from birth was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Throughout the tragedy, the writer describes several types of familial love, including a parent’s love towards their children, the love of children toward their parents, and forbidden incestual love between a parent and a child. The last monologue of Oedipus in the play reveals his profound love for his children mixed with a sense of shame for the way they came into the world. Oedipus is a tragic figure, as in his attempts to avoid a prophecy of patricide and incest, he unintentionally fulfills the prediction. Oedipus abandons his adoptive parents, believing that the prophecy concerns them. He kills his father, thinking he is an old beggar, and marries his widowed mother, the queen of Thebes, not knowing she gave birth to him. After he learns the truth and Jocasta commits suicide as she is unable to live with herself, Oedipus blinds himself and prepares to depart onto the life of exile (Oedipus 126). In the passage beginning on line 1480, Oedipus addresses his children, disclosing the truth to them and wishing them a better life (Oedipus 127). As Oedipus talks with his children, it is clear that he sincerely feels guilty about the way they came into the world but loves them, nonetheless. His monologue reveals the depth of the love he has for his children and allows him to pass on his knowledge and insight so that they have a better life than the one he had. The metaphors of sight and blindness play a crucial role throughout Oedipus Rex and in the last monologue of the titular character. Oedipus remained metaphorically blind to his unintended transgressions for a large part of the play. In his final addresses to his children, Oedipus references his previous lack of insight and the sight of his children. He states that he fathered them “all in blindness, with no thought of ill,” admitting his indiscretion and expressing regret for his actions (Sophocles 127). The passage also mentions how wretched and pitiful he must be to his children’s sight after they learn the truth of the incestuous relationship between their mother, Jocasta, and father and half-brother, Oedipus. It can be argued that the word “sight” is specifically used to continue the metaphor of insight and blindness to the truth (Sophocles 127). When Oedipus learns the truth about his true parentage, he blinds himself, losing “his once brilliant eyes” that could not see the truth (Sophocles 127). However, he shows his love for his children by telling them the truth and breaking the cycle of his family being blind to it. The motif of the value of knowledge and truth is raised in the discussed passage, with Oedipus being honest with his children. Throughout the play, Oedipus runs from the prophecy of him killing his father and engaging in an incestuous relationship with his mother. Nevertheless, the steps he takes to escape the foretold fate lead to the fulfillment of the prophecy – he unknowingly slays his father and marries the widowed queen, unaware that she is his mother. Both Laius and Jocasta showed no love to Oedipus when deciding to kill the infant after learning about his future role in their deaths. Oedipus views