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

because the
King's men asked him to step aside, and because Oedipus was so short tempered, he killed them
without thinking twice.

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

and
stabbed his eyes out to where he was now physically blind, as well as mentally.
Oedipus was mentally blind due to his overwhelming flaws. He couldn't see past his self
values, thoughts, attitude, and his pride. Several people tried to correct the path that was leading
him to destruction, and he pushed past them, heading straight toward the mental blindness and
destruction he warned about.
I don't think he knew that he was acting out in these behaviors on purpose, but on
instinct. He had always had those flaws and they eventually caught up to him. He realized that he
was in the wrong at the end of the story, but by then it was too late to change what he had done.
Oedipus was born with a fate of failure and hurt, but he helped the prophecy fulfill itself.
Oedipus had a choice to change his fate and he didn’t. Everyone makes mistakes.
Oedipus just didn't fix his in the way that it looked good upon.