Predestined Fate of Oedipus


In ancient Greek society they believed that ones life is predestined and
that ones fate is sealed. What is meant to occur will happen no matter what that
person does. In "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus' fate is doomed from his birth because of
the actions of his ancestors. Unlike Oedipus most people today don't believe in
predestined fate. People can be all they want to be regardless of their
background or the circumstances of their lives. However some people don't
realize that they are in charge of their own live and can make conscience
decisions to change the course of their lives.
One of Oedipus' ancestors committed a terrible act of rape some time ago.
This behavior obviously didn't please the gods and thus they punished Oedipus'
family for several generations. When Iocaste and Laios gave birth to Oedipus
they were aware of the prophecy that he would one day kill his father and then
marry his mother. With this in mind they tried to have Oedipus killed to......

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