Oedipus Rex, a play by Sophocles, is about a king named Oedipus, who tries to escape his fate. When Oedipus hears the story of the previous king’s death, it seems familiar somehow. After time and investigation Oedipus realizes that fate has finally found him. In Oedipus’ feudal attempt to escape fate, he had only made the outcome harder to bare. When Oedipus was young, the Oracle of Delphi said that he would kill his …showed first 75 words of 358 total…

…showed last 75 words of 358 total…inevitable, but leaving just made it harder for him later on. Oedipus probably would have not stabbed out his eyes, and exiled himself because he would have known when fate had caught up with him. When Oedipus found his true heritage, he was not pleased with the results. Oedipus had tried to escape his fate, but he should have known that is impossible. Oedipus, a respectable king, had become an incestuous outcast a short time.