We get caught up in the quest, it consumes us, and it becomes our central concern. Oedipus Rex was about King Oedipus quest to discover his origin. He needed reassurance, personally and as king. To discover this truth, Oedipus went to great lengths. Along his path, he received clues, direct and indirect, about his past. Yet, Oedipus desire for the truth was just as great as his blindness to the clues on his journey. Oedipus’ blindness is attributed to his tragic flaw hubris. This hubris led to his innate and eventually outward blindness, his eternal wandering of the earth and everlasting suffering. “He was suffering humanity personified” (Jaeger 103). His tragic flaw led to his downfall. An example of his hubris and blindness was in Oedipus’ dealings with the blind seer Teiresias, the wise man who knew the truth that he desired. His irreverence and ignorance caused the peaceful man to reveal the awful truth to Oedipus. The truth that Oedipus needed was finally …show more content…
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