Oedipus Rex Fate

To begin with, fate played a deeper role in Oedipus Rex, and was prominent from the beginning. Despite trying to go against what was already predetermined, Oedipus fell into the trap layer out by fate and condoned unsightly deeds to his father and mother. In the play Oedipus Rex, Tiresias says to Oedipus that, "I say that you have lived most foully with those who should be most dear, nor do you see to what extent of evil you have come" (385-387). Tiresias tells Oedipus that he has blindly committed evil acts with his parents, and that ,by doing so, has brought in a greater evil along with him. Unbeknownst to Oedipus, fate has destined him to slay his father ,and to bed his