Within the story, you see the oracle tell Oedipus that when he was becoming a young man his parents abandoned him, but his future would end in disaster . At this point Oedipus decides to move to Thebes in the hope that what the oracle had predicted about his faith would not come true. A main characteristic of Oedipus that led to his downfall and that I noticed from reading was his way of presenting himself. His pride was his greatest flaw in the story. Although many people behave this way, as a way of discovering themselves, what led to Oedipus' downfall was that he felt he had to be responsible for his actions and that he had no say or control over those actions at cause of destiny. be blamed. However, as I see it, due to all aspects of the story he could have avoided many of his problems by checking the background of his adoptive parents or finding out more information but because he chose not to, it determined his overall situation