Stand up kind of Guy

                                                      Oedipus is a leader he is powerful he is a stand up kind of guy he is emotional but he is also blind. In Oedipus Rex, the character Oedipus shows good qualities during his troubled times. Even when he was accused of killing the king, who ironically was also his dad, He still insisted on finding out the truth about the unfortunate death.  “I say that you slew the man whose slayer you seek” (Sophocles line 376). When Oedipus is accused by Tiresias of committing the murder of the king, he is still blind to the fact that he is indeed the slayer that he seeks. While going back and forth with Creon about his accusations Oedipus realizes that there is indeed a chance that this tale that Creon has told can be truthful.  “Hearing you just now, my lady, how my soul wanders, how my mind shakes me! (Sophocles l.749).  After realizing from a conversation with his wife Jocasta that there is indeed a chance that he can very well be the killer of the king, Oedipus shows that he is no coward because he still seek to find out the truth. I commend Oedipus for wanting to find out the truth, he could of easily just denied all accusations, but he did not showing that he is a standup guy.