In the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King Tiresias speaks the truth when he tells Oedipus, "You are your own worst enemy." He is too determined to find out that he is that shouldn't be so important to himself. He also, is too proud to listen to the gods. He thinks he can get out of following through on his fate. So, it is he that dooms himself.
First of all, Oedipus is determined to discover who he is. He cannot accept things as they are and by stubbornly investigating his past, he is his own worst enemy by destroying his relationships and himself. When he was a young man he heard gossip that his father was not his real birth father. He was bothered to l
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