Oedipus and Job teach a powerful lesson about fate that people have studied and failed to understand. Oedipus is aware of his anagnorisis and tries to avoid it, but he soon realizes, “It’s mine alone, my destiny- I am Oedipus” (1492). “The friends once again accuse Job of sins” (2) and blame Job for his own suffering, but Job is a actually a dokime. The reason students learn about these stories is to understand how the gods had power over people's lives in Greek Mythology and certain events happen for a reason.
