Title: Oedipus Rex - Flaws in Nature vs. Fate Category:Literature / English Details: Words: 771 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Oedipus Rex - Flaws in Nature vs. Fate
The series of events that occur before and after the prophecy revealed by the gods is fulfilled can be fully explained only through the idea that Oedipus Rex was a man propelled by flaws in his own nature. While it may be argued that certain coincidences could not have happened without the influence of outside forces, ultimately it was Oedipus’s own choices and actions that brought about his fate. If it wasn’t for the presence of the faults that led Oedipus to make …showed first 85 words of 771 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 771 total…pride (although at times it seems justified by the services he has rendered the people of Thebes) led not only to the fulfillment of the part of the prophecy where Oedipus kills his own father, but also to the angering of the gods. It was in response to the way Oedipus accepted being the people’s savior and object of worship that they decided to ruin him by revealing the truth about who he was, as a means of punishment and a lesson in humility.
