The city is in ruins and all the citizens believe that King Oedipus can save them because he saved them from the sphinx by answering his riddle. By having Oedipus able to see, he thinks he can discover the truth about the murder of King Laios. He believes that he is the only one who can bring light out of the darkness and in verse 134 he says that he will once again bring what is dark into the light. Although Oedipus is blind to the reality that he is guilty of the murder. With his sight Oedipus is blind to all aspects of the story, he also does not know that he is married to his mother and that prophecies are coming about him and everyone else.