some important parts in Oedipus Rex...

There is some part that interact me while reading Oedipus Rex which is the changing of Oedipus’s characteristic. Frankly speaking, the characteristic of Oedipus changed from good to bad and from bad to worse. From my understanding of the text, in the beginning of the story, Oedipus seemed to be a concern king but turned to be ignorant and ruthless King of Thebes in the end. I think the thing that makes Oedipus changes his attitude and behaviour is when he is being suspected of the murder of king Laios. I figure out that there are several evidences showing the changing of Oedipus’s characteristic. For instance he challenged the God when he said “What good were they? Or the gods, for the matter of that?”. Here, Oedipus shows his true “colour” by challenging the God and says that God cannot help him but only he can help himself. Also, Oedipus shows his pride and arrogance to Tiresias and patronizes Tiresias because of his blindness when he stated “He has brought this decrepit fortune teller, this collector of dirty pennies, this prophet fraud – Why, he is no more clairvoyant than I am!” and “I thought it out for myself. No birds help me!”. I keep wondering why Oedipus abruptly changed his statement and asking who his parents were even though in the beginning of the story, he said that he knew everything. This was proven when he asked “My parents again- Wait: who were my parents?”. I personally think that these events are important for the readers especially me to look and examine the changing of Oedipus’s characteristics. Actually, we do not have to follow the road that Oedipus has chosen because the road that we choose is what we are now and another is the one that we might be, whether it is the same with the present or not. We cannot predict and control the future. Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet. If we are lucky, we face more sweet than bitter. If we are unlucky enough, well think for yourselves. Just think twice or even thrice before making the decision because whatever decision that we made, the consequences will come accordingly.