Destiny and individual choice in Oedipus Sophocles' tragedy, "Oedipus Rex", or "Oedipus Rex", as it is known by its Latin name, is the Athenian drama that revolves around the events that lead to the disappearance of Oedipus Rex. In this trilogy of a Theban play, King Oedipus is forced to follow a preordained path that throws his entire world into a spiral of tragic providence. Sophocles assigns the tragic hero to a fall with the impossibility of changing the written fate; perhaps the views of today's society would feel sympathy for the predicament that Oedipus is forced into, however, the ancient Greek public would accept that the path opened before them was a creation of the gods. “Oedipus the King” reflects the ancient Greek belief that a person can do nothing to avoid their fate, an idea that contrasts with what today's society believes. Oedipus was unwittingly set by the gods on the path to imminent doom. young age, and perhaps one could dare to say that his destiny was written before he was born into this world. He was sent away from Thebes by King Laius and Queen Jocasta - his real parents - and was raised by the king and queen of Corinth. The truth of this arrangement was hidden from Oedipus. He was later told by a prophet that he was destined to "mate with [his] own mother, and to shed with [his] own hands the blood of [his] own [father]", Oedipus inadvertently fulfills the final half of this prophecy leaving Corinth with the intention of avoiding this realization. He meets King Laius, of Thebes, at a crossroads. Whether out of pride or simple argument, Oedipus ultimately commits an unwitting act of patricide on those who had the right of way. Being careless... middle of the card... age, his loyalty to Thebes and his loyalty to the truth." (Dodds 43) Man is said to be the master of his own destiny, but it all comes down to who the master and who is the man.Perhaps it is not our place to question destiny as it leads to the development of events beyond our control and synapomorphy designed for us by a higher power, the idea of ​​Katharsis causing the deep sense of pity and fear in the audience would spread to all viewers, making them feel sympathy, but not empathy fuels the Status Quo, not in disruptive way, but in a more submissive nature when challenging social taboos, gods or destiny, with "anathemic" intentions".