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Hubris was most definitely the fatal flaw of Oedipus in Sophocles’s play. Hubris is arrogance resulting from excessive pride or passion. ...
All though there are many examples of hubris in the play, Oedipus shows it best when he goes into his wife quarters and finds her dead he immediately grabs her brooch and blinds himself with it. ...
With hubris being his fatal flaw it was shown many more times then just at the crossroads. ... His hubris stops him from going after her to patch things up or the least he could do was stop her form killing herself being her husband and every thing. ...
One very important and major example of hubris in this play is when they are at the crossroads. ... Oedipus on page 47 proved that hubris was to much of a part of his life when he consistently didn’t take the advise from others, “One day at a table, a fellow who had been drinking deeply made bold to say I was not my father’s son,” said Oedipus not believing some what could have been very helpful advise.
Approximate Word count = 883
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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