Oedipus hate a harsh fate of killing his father and having children with his wife yet he could have avoided this very harsh fate easily and had multiple chances throughout the course of his life. Oedipus could had avoid his fate while he was still in Corinth, while he was traveling on the road, or found the city of Thebes. There are three events in this places that pushed him even further on his path of his fate.
In Corinth, Oedipus found out that he had a prophecy to kill the father that begot him and have children with his mother unknowingly from an oracle. He could have gone back to the oracle that told him this and asked who is real parents were, after he asked his parents and they lied to him since they thought that was what he wanted …show more content…
He solved the sphinx's riddle which caused the city to make him king since their king was found murdered. When Oedipus was king his ego and self power grew so he thought he had the power to be compared to the Gods by himself. Oedipus with his God like self empowerment wanted to find the old king's murder. If Oedipus did not let the power of being king get in the way of him doing good deed just for the just of doing good deeds instead obsession of knowledge and power then, he would be able try and find the murder for the citizens safety and not his yearning for knowledge. Also when Jocasta warns him, “ [she] [begs] [oedipus]- do not hunt this out- [she] begs] [oedipus],/ If [oedipus] have any care for [oedipus] own life./ What [she] [is] suffering is enough.” (1060-1063) Oedipus takes this heed as if Jocasta is embarrassed when really she is trying to help him not find out the ugly truth he doesn't want to see or hear, since this will make him fail his original task to stay off the path of the prophet Oedipus is said to complete as his fate. Oedipus doesn’t listen to Jocasta and the fascination of the want and search for knowledge that he goes further onto the path and into his fate he was trying to avoid. While Oedipus still does not understand, Jocasta does and can not stand to stay alive and see how Oedipus will react to the truth so she kills herself right before
In Corinth, Oedipus found out that he had a prophecy to kill the father that begot him and have children with his mother unknowingly from an oracle. He could have gone back to the oracle that told him this and asked who is real parents were, after he asked his parents and they lied to him since they thought that was what he wanted …show more content…
He solved the sphinx's riddle which caused the city to make him king since their king was found murdered. When Oedipus was king his ego and self power grew so he thought he had the power to be compared to the Gods by himself. Oedipus with his God like self empowerment wanted to find the old king's murder. If Oedipus did not let the power of being king get in the way of him doing good deed just for the just of doing good deeds instead obsession of knowledge and power then, he would be able try and find the murder for the citizens safety and not his yearning for knowledge. Also when Jocasta warns him, “ [she] [begs] [oedipus]- do not hunt this out- [she] begs] [oedipus],/ If [oedipus] have any care for [oedipus] own life./ What [she] [is] suffering is enough.” (1060-1063) Oedipus takes this heed as if Jocasta is embarrassed when really she is trying to help him not find out the ugly truth he doesn't want to see or hear, since this will make him fail his original task to stay off the path of the prophet Oedipus is said to complete as his fate. Oedipus doesn’t listen to Jocasta and the fascination of the want and search for knowledge that he goes further onto the path and into his fate he was trying to avoid. While Oedipus still does not understand, Jocasta does and can not stand to stay alive and see how Oedipus will react to the truth so she kills herself right before