Oedipus is a tragic hero. The definition of a tragic hero is “A virtuous man whose misfortune is brought about no by depravity, but by some error or frailty,” Aristotle. Oedipus has many great qualities, including caring, compassionate, confident, trustworthy and etc. Seeing that he is human, he has flaws. Oedipus is over confident and displays hubris. He compares himself to the gods. “You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers.” He jumps to conclusions and is short-tempered. Oedipus’s flaws led him to his own downfall. Oedipus believes that he must know the truth and refuses to let Tiresias go without the truth. This shows that he is excessively proud and hot-tempered. Oedipus’s error in judgement also leads him to his demise. He did
