Oedipus' Ruin

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Oedipus' pride reveals itself again in his loyalty to the truth. Oedipus' constant struggle to discover the truth for the sake of his people ruined him most in the end. Even though he is warned many times to stop seeking the truth, he keeps on searching...
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Oedipus has to choose between his doom and an alternative "which if accepted would betray the hero's own conception of himself, his rights, his duties," but in the end the hero "refused to yield; he remains true to himself, to his physis" (Knox 8). Therefore, one can see Oedipus' need to uncover the truth about Laius and then about himself as proof of his commitment to uphold his own nature, pride...
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