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“Oedipus the King” is a story about fate, and a story about character. Oedipus has a predetermined fate that he tries to escape; however, it is the eccentricities of his character that bring about changes in Oedipus’ situation. It may have been that his li ....

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.... details in the story “Oedipus the King” are a result of fate. For instance, Oedipus is forewarned of his fate. When he went to Delphi as a young man, he was told that he was “doomed to sleep with [his] my mother, doomed to murder [his] my father (1080).” For most of his life he was forewarned of this horrible fate. One could argue that it was this inescapable fate that led him to marry the Queen of Thebes and kill the King, unknowingly fulfilling his prophecy. Also, fate could have brought Oedipus to Thebes. Once he was notified of his prophecy he left Corinth to escape fate; however he ran towards it by ending up in Thebes. It was very ....