How Did Oedipus Change Of Fate

Achilles and Oedipus Change of Fate It is often believed that we have no control over fate and our future is already decided by some higher power. However, I do not believe this is true for Achilles in Homer’s The Iliad and Oedipus in Sophocles Oedipus the King. These two characters were given the opportunity to change their fate but they were blinded by their egos and overwhelming amounts of pride. Oedipus and Achilles selfish and conceited ways led to their tragic endings. Achilles became filled with anger when he was forced to give up his prize of war Briseis to Agamemnon (Homer lines 185-200). Leading him to ask his mother Thetis to go to Zeus and ask him to help the Trojans beat the Greeks (Homer lines 425-450). Zeus granted her his help and the Greeks begin to lose the war. Agamemnon tried to make amends with Achilles by offering him several gifts. Achilles was filled with too much anger and refused to help …show more content…
He was warned by a drunken man that the man and woman he believed to be his parents were not his parents (Sophocles lines 895-900). One day when asked to step aside for some men on the road he became angry and killed them all (Sophocles lines 920-936). Oedipus not being able to control his anger and his ego caused his tragic fate to start. Some may argue that Oedipus was doomed the day he was born. However, I believe that certain actions can cause your fate to go several ways. In Oedipus case his moment of anger caused him to kill his own father.
In Homer’s The Iliad and Sophocles Oedipus the King fate took a turn for the worse. These men could have avoided great sorrow had the opened their eyes to what was right. Achilles could have prevented the death of his friend Patroclus but he was selfish and filled with too much pride. Oedipus may have been doomed from birth but he could have avoided his fate from being so harsh had he not acted so quickly and killed his