Blindness In Oedipus Rex

Oedipus’ inner blindness lead to him being a static character and having a downfall with the help of three major things. He was very stubborn, short-tempered, and overconfident. He remained stubborn and close-minded throughout the entire story. He was unwilling to listen to others’ opinions and suggestions even though they might have been trying to help him. This is an example of him being a static character. Being overconfident led to his downfall because when he said that he figured out the Sphinx’s riddle, he said that he did it all by himself which insulted the gods. This is why they decided to punish him. Overall, I think that being stubborn, close- minded, short-tempered, and over-confident can really take over someone’s fate.
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Because of this, he found out too many answers about his past. Answers that were best left alone. If he had left them alone like everyone was telling him to do, then he might have been able to avoid his downfall.
The reason he blinded himself was because of all the hurtful fact. These awful answers were also the reason Jocasta ended up killing herself. I understand someone wanting answers because when someone tells me something is a secret, I really want to know the secret just like Oedipus.
His stubbornness was another one of the many tragic flaws that led to his horrific downfall. Earlier in the story, Teiresias starts to talk about the accident that happened when
Oedipus killed King Laius. At the time of the accident Oedipus did not realize who he killed. I

thought is was ignorant when Oedipus still didn’t believe Teiresias when the facts made it obvious that he was the murderer. If he wasn’t stubborn and believed Teiresias he might have been able to go back to Corinth before any damage was done in Thebes. If he had gone back to
Corinth earlier in the story, he may not have had children with his mother/wife.
Oedipus was very short-tempered. He got very stern when Teiresias was trying to