even insults Tiresias by saying You have no power or truth You are blind your ears and mind as well as eyes Oedipus also disrespects fate Even though he hears the prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother he thinks he can avoid it by running away This act leads him to fulfill his prophecy Jocasta s Pride Jocasta also shows pride by rejecting prophecies She thinks she has defeated fate because she and Laius left their baby Oedipus to die She also tells Oedipus that oracles are not always true She says No human being has skill in prophecy Jocasta believes she outsmarted the gods but in reality the prophecy comes true in the worst way In short their pride makes them arrogant They cannot admit they are wrong until it is too late In the end Oedipus blinds himself and Jocasta kills herself Thus their pride destroys them