He is blind to the truth even though he has physical insight. Tiresias, a fellow Theban, knows the truth, but even when he tells Oedipus that he was the murderer of his king Laius, he refuses to believe it. Oedipus refuses to believe everything he is told because he believes he has fled his true destiny. Without knowing anything about his real father or mother, he ends up fulfilling the prophecy. He kills his father, Laius, and marries his mother, Jocasta. Oedipus displays his arrogance several times throughout the story. At the beginning of the story, he says, “Yes, I am called Oedipus the Great” (Sophocles 23), showing a sign of his arrogance. Oedipus once again shows his arrogance by saying that everyone should know him because of the deed he did (Sophocles 33). He saved the Sphinx from them and gained a huge amount of trust because of that and also because he was rewarded with the Queen's hand in marriage. Oedipus once again shows his arrogance when he tells the people of Thebes that he can find the murderer of Laius on his own, without any help (Sophocles 28). The irony of Oedipus' hubris is that it even determines what his downfall will look like: "This man, whoever he is, I, the reigning king of this land, cut off from all communion of word and contact , sacrifice and sacrament, even ritual contact. of water, in this kingdom” (Sophocles 32). The fall of Oedipus can only be attributed to him because of his