The Greek writer Sophocles believes that human understanding has obvious limits, proven accordingly in the context of Sophocles' works such as Oedipus Rex. There is an abundance of arguments that can be constructed taking into account the certainty and proof that can be formulated from this particular assertion, drawing from reading one could comfortably confirm that the significant extent of understanding of an individual is linked to everything he thinks from a theoretical point of view. young age. The play's protagonist, known as Oedipus, lives much of his life as the arrogant reigning king of Thebes. He is firm in his conviction and knows that in no case is he the assassin of the previous king. Even with all the evidence presented, which would have refuted his long-standing denial of his supposed innocence, Oedipus instead uses this information with his secular reasoning and his constant belief that he could never in fact be the killer . In the play, the protagonist is convinced that he can never commit the sin of murder because of his firm belief in himself, the knowledge he has acquired, unlike Theresa who strictly believes in the word of the Gods . Events are played out, in the story for example when Oedipus addresses the chorus “And yet, in what way was I bad in myself? I did wrong, I retaliated: even though I had known that what I was doing was so wrong” (p. 100), this quote is in relation to the attack of the group of men at the outside of Thebes. But like the character Oedipus Rex quickly justifies his actions and presents many apparent doubts. Oedipus has many doubts due to what he thinks, which makes him ignorant but not completely wrong. After being accused, he explains himself by stating that although he committed murder... middle of paper... he could have been born a slave, then what the king and queen previously thought. Oedipus does not see the distrust that Iocaste expresses in his attempts to discover who he really is, which in turn forces him to realize that he is in fact his son. The shepherd he speaks to is reluctant, even unhappy, to tell Oedipus the truth as well. He then realized that the child he had taken was Oedipus left to die as the Gods themselves wanted. It is because of these situations that Oedipus becomes blind, loses his wife and mother and is sent into exile. He was incapable of seeing any truth other than his own. This model presented by Oedipus can be closely related to the way of thinking that many individuals follow. Convincingly adhere to their own beliefs and realities by tying themselves to a singular truth instead of opening their minds and acquiring new knowledge.