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In the story of , Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good natured person that has bad judgment and frailty. Oedipus makes a few bad decisions and is condemned to profound suffering because of his pride. I agree with Aristotle that he brings it ....

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.... killed. Oedipus didn't even know that it was King Laius that he killed. In the future, when Teiresias tries to convince Oedipus that he is the killer, Oedipus turns him away and calls him a liar and blames it all on him: And I'll tell you what I think: You planned it, you had it done, you all but Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes, I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone. (1.2.331-334) Teiresius is a blind prophet, and it is possible that if Oedipus had listened to him in the first place, his internal suffering may have been much less severe. He should have accepted what he had to say as ....