In 2004 there was a presidential candidate named Howard Dean who possibly brought his downfall upon himself. During an important speech in Iowa he got carried away with his campaign and began to scream and make weird noises. He clearly didn’t realize what was going on because he kept doing it. The people listening and watching on TV were left in awe immediately when they heard it and lost respect for Howard. Several days later, it was reported that he was sorry and embarrassed about this whole situation and apologize. Clearly he didn’t win the presidency or make it very far in the elections, so in other terms he had a downfall that could have been from his speech in Iowa. Howard is exactly like Oedipus in the aspect that he did some that in the end would lead to his downfall, but didn’t realize it when everyone else around him did. When Tiresias was telling Oedipus and Jocasta about the news, Jocasta immediately realizes that she has been making love to her son and freaks out and ends up killing herself. Oedipus on the other hand looks like an idiot when he can’t figure it out. He soon realizes it right before he learns that his mom has killed herself. He is left looking like an idiot and is banned from the city. In conclusion, Howard and Oedipus could have this attitude and ignorance due to ego and their overwhelming arrogance.
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