Oedipus the King conveys many lessons that are relevant to people living today despite being written by Sophocles twenty-four centuries ago. Oedipus is a child destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Throughout his life he makes many mistakes trying to avoid his fate. These errors teach us about the nature of human beings in certain circumstances. Oedipus has personality traits that lead him to make bad decisions. Attributes such as arrogance and his inability to make calm decisions in certain scenarios due to his anger cause his downfall. Oedipus' excessive pride, like that of many people today, was a major factor that brought him pain. Oedipus' lack of patience led him to make hasty decisions that led to his greatest agony. Oedipus' massive ego turned into excessive vanity, this was the first step towards his downfall. Oedipus talks to Creon about Laius' murderer. He declares: “Then I will return and drag that dark past to light… but alone and for myself I will break this wound” (Sophocles, 11). Oedipus is saying that he will be the protagonist...