* A Belief in His Own Freedom- Oedipus believes that what he does is his own actions on one is responsible but himself. When he hears what his fate it to be. He BELIEFS that his parents he had been living with are is actual parents but they aren't they are his adoptive parents. So he runs away and a kills his father and marries his mother. He had made his fate come true. When he hears what he did he excepts his sins and punish himself worst than what he set for anyone else.
* Supreme Pride/Hubris- Oedipus has extreme pride because well he is a king so he has the right to have the pride. When he hears of his fate and how it came true he realizes that he is the one afflicting pain on his town and the townspeople. When he thinks he solve the riddle so he is please with himself until he is proven wrong.
* Capacity for Suffering- Well he suffers more than any man should have to. When he realizes that he did what the gods had set for him and he made his fate come true. He did what he feels that he did the worst so he wants to be severely punished he wants "For death; a poor exchange." - Oedipus (page 63 Oedipus the king). He feels death is the best for his fate now so he can't cause anymore pain among the town and his family.
* A Sense of Commitment- Oedipus is committed to avoiding the prophecy and he is committed to curing his towns.
* Vigorous Protest- He protests that the old blind man can really see what he really is.
* Transfiguration- When oedipus realizes that he really did commit the crime and made his fate come true.
* Impact- his impact is on what he is known for his wife the reason why she's dead. and what his children have to live with.
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