The Greek writer Sophocles believes that human understanding has obvious limits, demonstrated accordingly in the context of Sophocles' works such as Oedipus Rex. There is an abundance of arguments that can be constructed in consideration of what certainty and proof can be formulated from this particular statement, taking from the reading one could conveniently confirm that the prominent extent of an individual's understanding correlates with everything that think from a visual point of view. young age. The protagonist of the play, known as Oedipus, lives much of his life as an arrogant reigning king of Thebes, he is steadfast in his belief and awareness that he is under no circumstances the murderer of the previous king. Even with all the evidence presented, which would have disproved his perennial denial in his so-called innocence, Oedipus instead uses this information with his age-old reasoning and abiding belief that he could never actually be the murderer. In the play the protagonist is convinced that he could never commit a sin of murder due to his firm belief in himself, the knowledge he has obtained, unlike Theresius who strictly believes in the word of the Gods. The events occurred, in the story for example when Oedipus speaks to the chorus “And yet, how bad was I in myself? I have done wrong, I have taken revenge: even if I had known what I was doing it was that evil” (pg. 100) this quote is in relation to having attacked the group of men outside Thebes. But as an Oedipus Rex character he quickly justifies his actions and has many obvious doubts. Oedipus has many doubts because of what he thinks which makes him ignorant but not entirely wrong. After being accused, he explains himself by stating that although he committed murder... mid-card... he may have been born a slave, hence what the king and queen had previously thought. Oedipus fails to see the distrust that Jocasta expresses in her attempts to discover who he really is, which in turn forces him to realize that he is actually her son. The shepherd he talks to is reluctant, if not unhappy, to tell Oedipus the truth too. Then he realized that the child he had taken was Oedipus left to die as the Gods wanted himself. It is because of these situations that Oedipus blinds himself, loses his wife and mother and is sent into exile. He was incapable of seeing any truth other than his own. This pattern shown by Oedipus can be strongly related to the way of thinking followed by many individuals. They convincingly adhere to their beliefs and reality by binding themselves to a singular truth instead of opening their mind and gaining new knowledge.