The Tragic Downfall Of Oedipus The King

The main concentration of Oedipus was preventing his downfall in the story, but due to his inner blindness and the rest of his character flaws he was unsuccessful in this journey, which is the reason that Oedipus was a static character throughout the whole story. He has various flaws, which always started multiple conflicts in the story, all of which gradually directed him to his downfall in the plot of the play. All of the shortcomings of Oedipus are the reason for his quick, horrific downfall from his kingliness into poor, ever-wandering blind man he has become by the conclusion of the story.

The stubbornness of Oedipus is another cause his downfall in the story was so hurried. He was always so tenacious about saving the city he was reigning over that he could not stop and take the advice of the people around him, who were trying to help him through the Pestilence that was caused by the Greek God Apollo. This flaw also came into play when it came to the investigation of Laius’, the previous king of Thebes, murder, which was the final thing that led him to
His anger would always overwhelm his intelligence and reason, and that’s what got him into problems through that play. For an illustration of this flaw; he yelled at the Blind prophet, Teiresias, and afterwards accused the murder on him out of fury about the fact that he would not talk to him about the situation, “ Rage? Why not! And I’ll tell you with I think: You planned it, you had it done, you all but killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes, I’d say the crime was yours, and yours alone.” (Sophocles, 215). The Hubris that Oedipus had been the main reason he never listened to the people that were trying to help him or let them help when it was most necessary. This hubris caused him to become egotistic during the story “I, Oedipus who bear the famous name…” (Sophocles,