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Oedipus refused to open his eyes to truth and continued to be blind to it all. Multiple people told Oedipus he was the one who murdered the king. His tragic flaw was arrogance " As you are doing now, it's better to be king in a land of men than in a desert. An empty ship or city wall is nothing if no men share your life together there." (page 4, first stanza)
Too caught up in himself, Oedipus couldn't accept the horrific reality that was his life. Every hero has a tragic flaw and his is arrogance. When talking to the prophet, Oedipus is told very straight forwardly that he was responsible for the murder of the king, and the truth about his family he lives with, however, because he didn't like the answer he saw it as the prophet mocking him and becomes angry. Just as in any other story with a hero, his tragic flaw becomes his downfall.
The inherent flaws that Oedipus has would not knowing his true fate, he doesn't know his real parents or really who he is. Yet even though he doesn't know his real life he lets his arrogance get in the way. Creon is trying to tell him about his life and fate but Oedipus is to arrogant and doesn't let Creon even talk because Oedipus believes what he is saying is much more important then what Creon has to say. The arrogance of Oedipus is going to be the downfall to his heroic part in life, until he actually knows the full story of his past.
Kennedy wrote: "Too caught up in himself, Oedipus couldn't accept the horrific reality that was his life. Every hero has a tragic flaw and his is arrogance. When talking to the prophet, Oedipus is told very straig..."I agree with your statement Kennedy, he doesn't open his eyes to the full story, or excepts his true fate. His arrogance is his true down fall in this play.
Oedipus wouldn't listen to anybody, when they told him he didn't want to know the real truth. Oedipus was arrogant and decided to go further with his journey into finding out what really happened when he was born. Oedipus was almost full of himself, in a way, because he wouldn't let anyone speak or try to convince him otherwise as to why he shouldn't know the truth. He thinks he knows absolutely everything and everyone else is wrong. His flaw was his arrogance. He kept wanting to know more and more, and kept telling everyone to just tell him, when Creon tried to tell him otherwise. The information that was given to him utterly stunned him, and that led to a morbid decision Oedipus made. It truly goes to show that he should've listened to Creon and the others around him.
Kennedy wrote: "Too caught up in himself, Oedipus couldn't accept the horrific reality that was his life. Every hero has a tragic flaw and his is arrogance. When talking to the prophet, Oedipus is told very straig..."I also agree with this statement Kennedy. You brought up good points as to why Oedipus was too arrogant and full of himself to take the time and listen to others. The truth blew up in his face.
Oedipus' tragic flaw was arrogance, which is very apparent in the first few stanzas. All of his people were telling him that he was the one that murdered Laius. But he denies every single remark made by his people. What I felt like is that Oedipus was dragging on the situation because he didn't want to face the truth of the murder he committed, and through that he was then put to shame by his own tragic flaw.
Sidney wrote: "Oedipus wouldn't listen to anybody, when they told him he didn't want to know the real truth. Oedipus was arrogant and decided to go further with his journey into finding out what really happened w..."I agree with Sidney, as he went further in his journey his flaw came and bit him in the butt and ended up with a tragic ending for him and his people.
Lisa wrote: "What are some of the inherent flaws within Oedipus? Defend your answer with examples from the play."Oedipus's tragic flaw was his arrogance. This led for him to speak without actually meaning what he said. He often thought he was always right and even when the facts were presented, he still did not believe he was the murderer. "I don't like to speak thoughtlessly and say what I don't mean" (pg 48, line 1,521)
Monique wrote: "Oedipus refused to open his eyes to truth and continued to be blind to it all. Multiple people told Oedipus he was the one who murdered the king. His tragic flaw was arrogance " As you are doing no..."I agree, and it's ironic in the end when he actually goes blind.
Some of the inherent flaws that Oedipus contains would be his tragic flaw of arrogance. When told that he was the murderer of Laius he did not open his eyes to the possibilities that could be. He refused to believe it was him and decided to continue his journey into finding the killer. Which later led to him realizing the truth. With arrogance comes a downfall and that is how his future unraveled.
Oedipus, the famed king. The man who everyone loved. He who thought nothing wrong of himself, not even considering his link to his destiny. Honestly his largest downfall, his flaw is his arrogance. He at the beginning of the play even says that any man, no matter who has to be banished if found guilty. But he did not consider himself. Besides this, for the most part throughout the play he talks only of his achievements, what he has done to help, and how he personally will be the hero and throw out the person who did it. He blinded himself with ignorance, fueled by the crowd controlled arrogance. Simply, Oedipus is arrogant, and that is his flaw.
Shawna wrote: "The inherent flaws that Oedipus has would not knowing his true fate, he doesn't know his real parents or really who he is. Yet even though he doesn't know his real life he lets his arrogance get in..."I absolutely agree to what you have said. You brought up the point that even though he didn't know who he really was he still let arrogance get in the way of who he thought he was. Which is a good point. As you said his arrogance will be his downfall until he knows his past.
Kennedy wrote: "Too caught up in himself, Oedipus couldn't accept the horrific reality that was his life. Every hero has a tragic flaw and his is arrogance. When talking to the prophet, Oedipus is told very straig..."Kennedy, great choice for example. It complements the fact of Oedipus's arrogance, and bolsters your explanation. I think that you have written this point well.
Monique wrote: "Oedipus refused to open his eyes to truth and continued to be blind to it all. Multiple people told Oedipus he was the one who murdered the king. His tragic flaw was arrogance " As you are doing no..."I couldn't agree more, Oedipus's tragic flaw was arrogance, and the quote you chose fit perfectly. Not only that, I loved how you described his flaw with using his downfall.
Oedipus was arrogant, and that was his tragic flaw, he refused to see the truth. His inherent flaw was that he did not know his true fate. He did not know who his real parents where, although he thought he did, and in trying to stop his fate from coming true, he pushed towards it and helped it without knowing. He was arrogant and did not listen to Creon or any one. Even though he did not know his background he was arrogant, and that was his down fall.
Monique wrote: "Oedipus refused to open his eyes to truth and continued to be blind to it all. Multiple people told Oedipus he was the one who murdered the king. His tragic flaw was arrogance"I agree with this, i can not think of a better way to put it.
Lisa wrote: "What are some of the inherent flaws within Oedipus? Defend your answer with examples from the play."Oedipus' inherent flaw was his arrogance. Oedipus refused to accept the fact that he was indeed the killer of the king. He viewed so highly of himself that he believed he could not do such a terrible thing. Although the people gave him proof he could not accept his wrong doing until the bitter end. In the play when the prophet told Oedipus that he was in fact the one who killed the king he believed that he was too great to do such a thing.
Some of the inherent flaws of Oedipus are his arrogance and his stubbornness. Oedipus completely refused to accept the fact that he may be wrong about something and he could take advice from someone else. His arrogance is so bad that he also cannot even consider that maybe he could be at fault and that he could be condemning himself.
In response to Layne I don't think i could have put it better Oedipus's anger and arrogance is pitiful.
Lisa wrote: "What are some of the inherent flaws within Oedipus? Defend your answer with examples from the play."Oedipus' inherent flaws were arrogance and his inability to face the truth. Many gave him proof of the fact that he was the killer of the king, yet he refused to believe it because he thought so highly of himself. He gets very defensive when people accuse him of being the murderer. His ignorance becomes more and more evident as he talks to his accusers. Teiresias and Oedipus argue about whether or not Oedipus is the killer. He gets defensive as Teiresias continues to accuse him, saying, "Must I tolerate this insolence from him? Get out, and may the plague get rid of you! Off with you! Now! Turn your back and go! And don't come back here to my home again." His biggest mistake was refusing to see the truth and this was his down fall.
Jaycie wrote: "Oedipus' tragic flaw was arrogance, which is very apparent in the first few stanzas. All of his people were telling him that he was the one that murdered Laius. But he denies every single remark ma..."I agree! He shouldn't have kept dragging on the situation. He was wasting time and this would end up ruining his life in the long run. His fate was inevitable but he still should have been the strong man he claimed to be and came to terms with his past and what he had done.
Julia wrote: "Lisa wrote: "What are some of the inherent flaws within Oedipus? Defend your answer with examples from the play."Oedipus' inherent flaws were arrogance and his inability to face the truth. Many g..."
I agree! If Oedipus had just open his eyes to the truth sooner, I believe the ending to this tragic play would have gone in a different direction.
I think Oedipus’s inherited flaw was his arrogance. His arrogance often led to him getting into arguments because he thinks he is the best and always right. Along with his arrogance I think comes another flaw, his anger. Oedipus lets his anger get the best of him. An example from the book would be Oedipus’s conversation with Creon. Both flaws are displayed because he thought he was much better than Creon, but yet everything Creon would respond with would anger him. I really like that Monique pointed out the flaw of “not being able to see.” That makes you think of his flaw of arrogance in a much different way, because it shows that he truly was “blind” when it came to who was the actual murderer of Laius.
Lisa wrote: "What are some of the inherent flaws within Oedipus? Defend your answer with examples from the play."Oedipus's flaw was very clearly shown to be arrogance. This is first seen in the first few stanzas when the priest is praising him to help the city. It is later seen when he finds out that he is Laius murder yet he chooses not to believe it and instead accuse Creon of trying to take his thrown. However it is important to realize that his arrogance was not brought with him to the city of Thebes but given to him by Thebes's people.
Caroline wrote: "Some of the inherent flaws that Oedipus contains would be his tragic flaw of arrogance. When told that he was the murderer of Laius he did not open his eyes to the possibilities that could be. He r..."I agree with what you said but you seem to put all the blame on oedipus but you have to realize that the people that built him up are also to blame for his blindness.
