Oedipus Flaws

An old saying says “it is not the mistakes that defines a person, rather than the steps they take to fix them”. Oedipus was born with a bad fate. The gods were against him from the beginning. However, there is no one to blame for Oedipus’ mistakes and flaws, than himself.

Oedipus chose to be prideful, stubborn and short tempered. And eventually, it was those three flaws that led him to his downfall and ultimate fate.

Originally, Oedipus had good intentions by leaving Corinth to save himself from whom he thought were his biological parents. While turning away from his previous life, he made a new chapter for himself by lashing out in completely insane road rage and killed The King of

Thebes and 5 of his men (not knowing the king was his real father). He lashed out

His second flaw occurred after he became King of Thebes. He was throned King after he solved a sphinx’s riddle, saving the entire city. What Oedipus didn’t know was that he married his mother and had a child with her, not long after he slayed the King (his father). There had been a curse placed on Thebes because no one had avenged the previous king. Trying to grasp the solution to this issue, his best friend, Creon, brought Oedipus an oracle, blessed by the gods.

The oracle tried to explain Oedipus’ prophecy to him again and to warn him of what was to

come, but Oedipus was disgusted and insulted the oracle and the gods, all because he was so self absorbed to see anything other than self glory. Pride got in the way.

Oedipus’ stubbornness led to him finding out the truth about his mother and father. His mother, Jocasta, realized the situation she was in and tried to tell Oedipus to leave it alone, but it was his way or the highway, and it was just too much for Jocasta. Jocasta killed herself due to her stress. Oedipus saw her hanging and freaked out. He took the pins off of her body