He is blind to the truth even though he has physical vision. Another Theban, Tiresias knows the truth, but even when he told Oedipus that he was the murderer of his king Laius, he refused to believe it. Oedipus refuses to believe everything he is told because he believes he has escaped from 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 shows his arrogance many times throughout the story. At the beginning of the story he says “Yes, I, who men call Oedipus the great” (Sophocles 23), showing a sign of his arrogance. Oedipus shows his arrogance again by saying that everyone should know him for the deed he has done (Sophocles 33). He saved them the Sphinx and gained a huge amount of trust because of that and also because he was rewarded with the queen's hand in marriage. Oedipus shows his arrogance once again when he tells the people of Thebes that they will be able to find the murderer of Laius on their own without any help (Sophocles 28). The irony of Oedipus' arrogance is that he himself determines what his downfall will be: "That man, whoever that man may be, I, the reigning king of this land, am cut off from all communion of speech and contact, sacrifice and sacrament, even ritual touch." of water, in this kingdom” (Sophocles 32). Oedipus' fall can only be attributed to him