In “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles, many things make this story timeless and always relatable to the human condition. One such behavior is the inability to admit when one is wrong. It is common, and most of us would like to think we are immune to such a thing. Still, when confronted with a situation like that, most of us turn defensive and dig in our heels instead of examining the case presented to us and seeing if we are genuinely wrong about something. In the story, Teiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer of the king. Oedipus can’t believe his misfortune and gets mad at being told that he is the person who is the one behind the former king Laius’s death. So instead of determining if what the prophet says is true, he gets outraged and sends him away. This situation is an excellent example of literature. We can see in the characters’ behaviors that are relatable to us to this day, even with such a vast gulf of time between us.
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