Oedipus

Oedipus In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles writes about the sin of hubris; the deadly mixture of rage and pride that, unfortunately, Oedipus Rex has. The Greeks believed that this sin was the most grievous because these people thought that they were above the gods. Oedipus is guilty of this sin. Being a proud man, Oedipus does not listen to anything and that pride will eventually lead Oedipus to his downfall. Throughout the whole play, Oedipus displays the deadly sin of hubris. When talking to Tiresias, the soothsayer, Oedipus loses his cool. Getting angry at Tiresias for not coming out with the truth, Oedipus says, "Thou hast not spoken so loyally, nor friendly toward the State that bred thee, cheating her of this response." Here, the raging Oedipus implies that Tiresias is a phony. Again and again, Tiresias does not want to say what he knows because he knows that the truth will ruin Oedipus. Again, Oedipus loses his cool and says, " Worst of traitors! For you would rouse a very stone to wrath- will you not speak out ever, but stand thus relentless and persistent'" Oedipus is obviously angry and after accusing Tiresias of planning to kill Laius, Tiresias finally tells Oedipus what he knows. Tiresias tells Oedipus that the murderer of oedipus, tiresias, says, man, creon, sin, out, oedipus', truth, pride, own, knows, hubris, again, , words, tells, phony, once, old, obviously, anything, anger, whole, way, story, speak, something, senator, say, rage, quick, proud, people, loses, listen