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Ballads/Sophocles

  1. Oedipus is stubborn and proud. What finally breaks that pride? How does the process work?
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Oedipus' pride is broken when he realizes that he has killed his father, and that he has had an incestuous relationship with his mother. His ultimate shame is them compounded by his wife's/mother's suicide.

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Oedipus Rex

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