Alexandre Dumas once said, “Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasing a bitter draught.” In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, Oedipus saves the city of Thebes from the Sphinx by solving its riddle. He becomes ruler of the kingdom, but reigns with a blind fury which ends up badly for him. Oedipus responds poorly when he is put into difficult situations and lashes out in anger. Showing that Oedipus is unfit to rule the people of Thebes and is ineffective as their leader.
Oedipus’s actions reveal that Oedipus himself is not very adequate when it comes to leading the city of Thebes. When Oedipus asks Teiresias who the pariah is, Teiresias responds by saying that Oedipus