Nov. 2: Henry Fuseli: "Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices"

In today's reading Fred White talks about the tragedy of Oedipus and his family as seen in the painting by Henry Fuseli. White states "Fuseli's painting is both haunting and moving: a family torn apart by wrongdoing, one tragic even leading to another." In the section "For Further Reflection" White goes on to state that "from ancient Greek drama to contemporary drama and novels, the most poignant misfortunes that befall human beings are tied to moral blindess." He also adds that physical blindness is often symbolic of moral blindness. He equates Oedipus to the Biblical story of Samson.
I have noticed that quite often in modern literature the writer has just given a modern spin to an ancient story from anciety mythology or the Bible. A good case in point was the concept behind the recent television series "Kings" which was just a modern rendering of the story of Saul and David again from the Bible.
Today's "Try This" assignment is:
Plan a story in which a character's moral blindness eventually leads to his literal blindness. You might want to retell the story of Oedipus or Samson in a modern context--e.g., your Oedipus counterpart is made the CEO of a giant corporation after marrying the daughter of the companys' founder--who had been an intimate friend of your main character's mother...
Again will not be able to work on this assignment any time soon but will add it to the good old composition book for future referrence. Then if struck by writer's block will have one more story to begin on to over come the block.