In the play Oedipus Rex, is Oedipus a blameless victim of his own ignorance? Or is he a victim of his own bad choices and pride? Explain.

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great question. While, I agree with the other post that there is fate and we need to appreciate
this, but we also need to emphasize ' own actions. He is filled with pride (). He thinks he can
outwit the gods and overturn prophecy. Also, he think that he can solve the plague at the
beginning of the play. And he is so filled with arrogance that he states that he will punish
anyone responsible for this plague. Theis that he is the one responsible. He even brazenly kills
his father for something that could be considered minor, certainly not meriting death. You
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