Fate And Fate: The Causes Of Oedipus

All the sources of Oedipus has come to the conclusion of all the negativity that’s been going on and to face with great fear, there are a lot of roles that led to the disastrous events of Oedipus. There will be painful truths that Oedipus must encounter, he can’t escape fate itself, he must overcome what 's coming to him. For the prophecy to come true. Laius is the one who set it in motion, following the Shepherd; who took on the task that Laius gave. Furthermore, what cause the prophecy to come back is when Creon sent the Prophet to Oedipus for he could give advice, but that’s when the prophet warned him about the future, when Oedipus became furious of every word he told him. That’s when things get more interesting about the guilt and blame that Oedipus hasn’t acknowledged yet. He is a bright man, but easily blind with fate, can’t accept what he’ll do when the time has come. There will be a great sacrifice in his end, that caused his depression to the brink of failing to live as a king.

The first to be blamed was Laius, he was the cause for Oedipus future. It was his pride that blinded him of the prophecy he was told. It said that his own son will kill him with his own hands, then after he’ll marry his mother and take the throne. This was the trigger that

Jocasta will be #3, and why is that, she did not had any part with Oedipus, but her own guilt of finding out her son is alive. She couldn’t control her feelings, knowing her son was her new husband, she then might of had guilt and blame surging into her. Maybe she could done something in the past to stop of what happen to Oedipus. In addition, she came very depressed, confronting everything, listening and telling Oedipus the truth, every last word, and so then, she later took her own life, couldn’t bare the feeling of guilt in her. So this was the only way to end all the cause. For that purpose, made things worst for Oedipus. More devastating than being