He Knew He was Right

I had a chain of thoughts after I watched play Life is a Dream the other night.
This play is an old one, dating back to the 1600's, written by Pedro Calderon. It's much like the ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, with a prophecy that foretold of a dark future for the new
Prince.
King Basil, King of Poland, and his wife had a son Segismund and with his birth a prophecy came he would be a tyrant when he would be king and kill his father. In response to this prophecy King Basil locks away his son in a tower, chained up like the evil his father he thinks he will become. Segismund was looked after by the Nobleman not knowing he is the prince.
When Segismund is grown Basil doubts his decision to lock away his son so he decides to test his son to see if he is evil or not. King Basil brings his son to the palace, convincing his life in the tower was a dream. To not give things away too much Segismund causes a lot of trouble and King Basil puts his son back in the tower making him think his day in the palace was a dream.
There are other minor characters with their side struggles with love, power and pride.
At the climax of the play rebels break Segismund from his tower and use him to start a revolt in Poland. At this point it seems that the prophecy of Segismund has come true. Then when it came to the point that Segismund can kill his father, King Basil , Segismund doesn't.
Now watching this play a common flaw in all but one or two character in this play was everyone thought they were right and never wrong. With King Basil he thought he was right to lock away his son, see how well that turned out. Segismund thought he was right to use violence to get his way, that ended poorly. Another character, Rosaura, thought to get her good name back was to shame or hurt the man who ruined it, that got her friend and servant in trouble. The lives of these characters was chaotic with this pridefulness but still their progress was stagnant. The cahos could not end.
The characters' lives and selves merely worsen and didn't become better from their idea of always being right. The play didn't change or progress until someone humbled themselves and made a change.
With King Basil it began by giving Segismund a chance. From there the plot of the story could begin. Life could move from chaos only when father and son could make amends.
I have seen this in other literature like in Shakespeare's history/political play Julius Caesar that is about the murder of Julius of Caesar and the aftermath of it. The two main men, Brutus and Cassius, who conspired to kill Julius Caesar thought their decision to kill Caesar was the only way to make sure Rome didn't end up tyranny. That idea ended with Rome ending in tyranny and both men killing themselves.
Brutus wanted the best for Rome but didn't give Rome his best and it all ended in chaos and didn't move on from there.
In a British novel, He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope, about love and various couples. The main couple is Louis and Emily. Early in their marriage Louis is so certain he is right that his wife is unfaithful and this idea drives him mad and won't move past it. This obsession of being right and his pride makes the couple's live miserable and ruins the family. Louis can't move past this and his life is this obcession of being right and he misses out in so much. This time things do not end well in this story.
What I've seen and learned is that our human eyes of understanding is very weak and we can only see and understand so much with our perception and ideas alone. When we think we are very much right on something it is best to have humility with us.
Humility keeps us in check, it can be our compass at times.
When we think we are right, in the prideful way, it's OK to doubt ones own idea of being right and step out our own reasoning (that can be flawed at times) and try to broaden our limited vision of understanding.
We need:
Humility
Forgiveness
Patience
Love
Reason
And some help from Above

Without these our own stories will not progress, our lives won't move past what we are so "right" about. I know this from personal experience with being "right" on my side.