What are some of Oedipus' bad choices and heroic quality? example of an action and statement to proves

As a
character, Oedipus possess many qualities
that animate his spirit of greatness yet feed his self
destruction.  Some of
his bad choices could consist of waging the battle between he and Laius
over
something as trivial as passage rights on a country road.  Certainly, given that he
had
already known of the prophecy that foretold his faith, he could have
exercised more caution in
this instance.  Perhaps, it is, or pride that
motivated him here.  An instance where we see
Oedipus' hubris is when he
proclaims that he, himself, will end the pestilence that plagues
Thebes.  In
not foreseeing that making...