Oedipus Rex

In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus’ traits of anger, haste, and truthfulness, each accelerate his decline of power and proves hi fate. Later, this person whom he angrily and quickly killed, was revealed to be Laios, Oedipus' father. To accept fate is to be part of the law, which rules the universe. If Oedipus would have hid all the facts concerning him, he could have easily hidden this and nobody would know that he killed his father nor had children with his mother. This trait was the one that brought Oedipus’ downfall. Oedipus' anger also quickly shifted his judgment of Teiresias. een more patient and waited, he might have not been as mad about the future.

Another trait that took his position of high authority was his anger, for example when he said “I struck him in my rage. During his speedy downfall, he said that he was “ a simple man, who knows nothing”, but really knowing more than he realizes. To go against it means disrupting this order and taking the consequences of one’s actions. His fall from his high status was not by accident, but by himself. Unfortunately, for Oedipus, the loss of power led to the plucking of his eyes.