Oedipus was a great king who did all he could to save his people from the terrible curse that had been placed upon them. However, Oedipus was also a victim of fate. The prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother came true, despite Oedipus’ best efforts to avoid it. Oedipus was not responsible for his actions, but fate decreed that they would occur. As a result, Oedipus is truly a victim of fate.
Oedipus’s fate was that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus’s parents did not want this to happen so they abandoned him in the mountains. Oedipus was found by a shepherd who took him to the king and queen of Corinth. Oedipus grew up thinking that the king and queen were his real parents. When Oedipus was a man he heard the Oracle’s prophecy and so he left Corinth to avoid fulfilling it.
On his journey Oedipus killed a stranger in a fight, little did he know that this stranger was his real father. Oedipus arrived in Thebes and saved the city from the Sphinx by correctly answering her riddle. Oedipus married the widowed queen, Jocasta, not knowing that she was his real mother. Oedipus and Jocasta had four children together.
Oedipus’s downfall began when he sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to find out how to end the plague. The Oracle told Creon that the killer of Oedipus’s father must be brought to justice. Oedipus became frustrated when no one could tell him who killed his father so he consulted the blind prophet Tiresias. Tiresias refused to tell Oedipus who killed his father but he did say that Oedipus himself was the killer. Oedipus did not believe Tiresias and accused him of being part of the plot to kill his father.
This angered Tiresias who then told Oedipus that Oedipus’s wife was his mother and that Oedipus would one day blind himself. Jocasta became very upset when she heard this and she hanged herself. Oedipus realized that the prophecy had come true and he blinded himself with her brooch. Oedipus was exiled from Thebes and he died in Colonus.
Oedipus was a victim of fate, he could not avoid his own downfall even though he tried. Oedipus’s story is a tragedy because it shows how a good man can be brought down by forces beyond his control. Oedipus was a victim of the prophecies of the Oracle and he could not escape his fate. Oedipus’s story is a reminder that we should be careful about what we wish for because it might come true.
Oedipus was a victim of fate, his future was foretold by an Oracle, and he had no way of knowing that the person he killed was actually his father. Oedipus could not prevent his own downfall. Oedipus was king of Thebes at the time of the plague’s outbreak. He deposed Dionysius after discovering the Sphinkx’s secret riddle and curing the city of a deadly epidemic.
The Oracle said that when Oedipus grows up he will marry his mother and he would also kill his father, “… Why, Loxias declared that I should one day marry my own mother, And with my own hands shed my father’s bool. Wherefore Corinth I have kept away far, for long years; and prosperd; none the less it is most sweet to see one’s parents’ face… “(p36 ln1-6). When his parents herd this they gave Oedipus to a man and he was to get rid of the baby by leaving it in the forest, but an servant of Polybus, the king of Corinth, finds the baby and brings him to the king.
Oedipus is raised as the kings son, he never knew his real parents. Oedipus grows up not knowing that he was adopted, until a stranger comes to Thebes and tells Oedipus that he is not really the king’s son. Oedipus than goes to find out more about his background, he talks to an old shepherd “You are Oedipus?
OEDIPUS: I am; what would you with me? SHEPHERD: O misery! O woe is me! OEDIPUS: What ails you thus? Can I in any way assist you?…”(p43 ln4-9) the shepherd denies that Oedipus is his son, but Oedipus does not believe him. Oedipus talks to another man who tells Oedipus that he killed a stranger in a fight, Oedipus than believes that this stranger was his father and the shepherd was his birth father.
Oedipus is horrified by what he has done, “OEDIPUS: Wretched me! What have I said? What have I done? What utter misery is mine!” (p45 ln1-2). Oedipus then blinded himself and exiled himself from Thebes. Oedipus was a victim of fate, an Oracle had told his future, he could not escape it nor could he prevent it. Oedipus was a good man who did not deserve the fate that was bestowed upon him.
Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother, as prophesied by an oracle. In order to prevent this from happening, Oedipus’s parents had him abandoned in the mountains as an infant. Oedipus was found and raised by Polybus, king of Corinth, and his queen Merope.
Oedipus learned of his true parentage from a drunken stranger at a feast and left Corinth in shame. On the road to Thebes, Oedipus killed his father in a fight and married his mother, Jocasta. Oedipus became king of Thebes after solving the riddle of the Sphinx.
Oedipus is a victim of fate because he was never able to prevent his own downfall. Oedipus’s parents tried to prevent his prophesied actions by abandoning him, but Oedipus was still able to find and kill his father. Oedipus’s actions were also beyond his control because he did not know that Jocasta was his mother when he married her.
Oedipus only realized his true parentage after it was too late. Oedipus’s blindness at the end of the play is also a symbol of his victimization by fate. Oedipus is a victim of fate because he was never able to escape his prophesied destiny, no matter what he did.
Oedipus had no way of knowing that this stranger was his father; he had never previously met or seen him. Oedipus completed the job of murdering his father and continued on to Thebes. When Oedipus arrived in Thebes, the city was suffering from a widespread epidemic. To cure the city of the plague, you must solve the Sphinx’s riddle, which comes with it. Oedipus was clever enough to figure out the solution, which cured the city of the epidemic.
Oedipus had saved the city of Thebes and was now king, he had married the queen who was also his mothers. Oedipus continued to rule for many years until two men came to him and told him that he had killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus became so distraught over what he had done that he blinded himself and exiled himself from Thebes.
Oedipus was a victim of fate, if it wasn’t for fate Oedipus would have never known that the man he killed was his father, or that the woman he married was his mother. Oedipus was a good man who did not deserve the tragic life that fate had dealt him.
The city which was previously without a king made Oedipus their king because he slew the monster that caused the destruction of Thebes. Jocasta, a recent widow of the supposed vanished and presumed dead King Laius, lived in the imperial palace. As usual, Oedipus married Jocasta, who was also his second wife. They had two daughters together. Then another dark cloud appeared over Thebes; there was another plague infecting the city. An Oracle was consulted to determine how to solve this riddle, and resolving it required removing Laius’ murderer from Thebes.
Oedipus did not know that he was the killer, but he decided to find the murderer and banish him. Oedipus started to search for clues about Laius’ murder. Oedipus found out that he was the one who killed Laius. Oedipus realized his tragic destiny, Jocasta hanged herself in horror and Oedipus blinded himself with her brooch and left Thebes.
Oedipus is a victim of fate, because even though he saved the city from Sphinx’s riddle, he could not escape his own tragic destiny. Oedipus is considered as a victim of fate, because he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, even though he did not know that they were his parents. Oedipus is a victim of fate, because he was destined to be a king, even though he did not want to be a king.