In the plays, Sophocles’ Oedipus and Shakespeare’s Othello, Moor of Venice, two tragedies are portrayed to illustrate how the main characters in the plays encounter their downfalls. However, each downfall is viewed from a different perspective due to differences in causes. In both cases fate is inherent. It is, however, evident that in the Moor of Venice, Othello plays a salient role in inflicting his fate. Therefore, this eventually leads to his demise (Bevington, 1999). On the contrary, Oedipus’ fate was beyond his power. The gods are ascertained to be the driving forces towards his fate. Reasonably, this is because his fate was already predetermined by the gods. Nothing he could have done to avert the fate that befalls him. Significantly,
