Oedipus Rex, an intriguing play, in which the plot is so tightly woven together, that keeps the reader guessing about what will eventually happen to Oedipus, often bashes on the gods when they don't do what people want. In this play it is often times hard to tell whether the characters are displaying reverence or irreverence towards the gods. Not everyone speaks, or thinks, of the gods in reverent manners in this play. In fact the main character, Oedipus Rex, changes his attitude towards the gods more than once in this play. For example, in the beginning of the play Oedipus is addressing his people and shows that he has faith that the gods will save Thebes when he explains that he believes the god Apollo will show them a way to cure the plague,
