Story\'s are told involving fate, but very few capture the true meaning of fate like Oedipus the King. To be successful, you have to understand how to use fate to your advantage. Fate is defined as \"the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determi...

An oracle prophesied to Laius, the king of Thebes, that his child by Queen Jocasta would kill him and marry her (Storr, trans 1912). People of that time deeply believed in oracles and so when Oedipus was born, the king bound his feet and was left to die in a mountain. But a shepherd found the ...

Oedipus' Guilt vs. Innocence Many say that the story of Oedipus, written by Sophocles, is argumentative between the ideas of innocence and guilt of the main character, Oedipus. The actual killing of the King of Thebes, Laius and his four servants might be an extreme display of Oedipus' ...