The role of Arrogance presented itself in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, we learn that Oedipus is a king of arrogance who tries to control the gods and avoid his destiny. Hubris is defined as excessive personal pride which we see in Oedipus throughout the play. As the play progresses, Oedipus' arrogance overwhelms him and he finds himself in dangerous situations. His pride as a king keeps him from the truth as he heads straight for ruin without realizing it. Oedipus' arrogance is what causes his tragic downfall because he is blinded by Tiresias' prophecy, he avoids Apollo's prophecy and his quest in trying to find Laius' murder. Oedipus calls Tiresias to reveal Laius' murder. Tiresias arrives but does not want to reveal Laius' murder and hands out riddles about the murder. Oedipus does not understand the riddles and ends up getting angry with Tiresias. Tiresias calls him blind and says he does not know his past. Oedipus' arrogance leads him to accuse Tiresias of going against him and betraying him. «Yes, except you. You have no power or truth. You are blind, your ears, your mind as well as your eyes” (Sophocles 23). Oedipus immediately judges Tiresias to keep him below himself in his mind and thinks that he is much more superior to him. Oedipus' arrogance causes him to avoid Tiresias' advice and blinds him from the truth that he is the threat harming the city of Thebes. Oedipus accuses Creon of having conspired with Tiresias so that they can take away his throne. He becomes jealous and fears that they are trying to take away his title as king. Creon does not care about becoming king because he has the same power as Oedipus. Oedipus says: “Not at all. What I want for you is death, not exile... middle of paper... ipus hubris prevents him from discovering the real murder. He spends so much time coaxing murder that he doesn't realize it was him all along. Oedipus' arrogant personality gets in his way by placing a curse on him and he ends up blinding himself because of it. The role of arrogance controlled Oedipus' destiny because he did not listen to Tiresias' prophecy, avoided Apollo's prophecy, and blindly tried to pursue Laius. murder without realizing that he had killed Laius. At the end of the play, Oedipus is seen as a tragic hero who brought about his tragic downfall due to his excessive pride. When Oedipus realizes his true identity he cannot bear the truth and asks Creon to send him into exile. The mistakes he made in every situation he faced made him suffer and he felt ashamed for what he did. If Oedipus had not been so arrogant, his fate would have ended differently.