-What compelled Oedipus to act the way he does? -What events led to cause Oedipus to act as his architect of his own tragic fall? - more quotes might result in better mark. Oedipus as the Architect of his Downfall What is the purpose of an architect? An architect is one that plans or devises. The contriver, designer, or the creator of what is to be. In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus in a sense …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…the play, we can see a link of inevitable consequences arising from the hero's free decisions. By blossoming his arrogance, he blinded his sense of rationality. Trying to dodge the path of fate, he thought he had the free will to choose, but only stepping closer to despair. And by his ill-conceived view of how and what heroic greatness is, Oedipus can be labeled as the "creator" or indeed the architect of his tragic fall.