most
definitely characterizes as arrogant
in ; in fact, arrogance is Oedipus's fatal tragic character
flaw. We can especially see Oedipus's arrogance
portrayed in his argument with the soothsayer . When
Tiresias announces that Oedipus is the murderer of the late King Laius and responsible for the
city of Thebes' current plague, Oedipus accuses Tiresias of being unable to see
the truth, as we see in his lines:
There is
[strength in truth], but not for you. You don't have this, since you are blind in your ears and
mind and eyes. (390-91)
Oedipus even has the
audacity to accuse Tiresias as being a conspirator in Laius's
murder. The bitteris that all the while that Oedipus is accusing Tiresias of being untruthful,
Oedipus knows full well that he is indeed guilty
of some murder , though at this point he does not know it
was Laius he murdered, his own father, that he murdered. We first learn of the fact that Oedipus
knows full well he is guilty of killing an innocent man...
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