Oedipus Rex Cosmic Trial

Caitlin Lacy AP English Literature 11/12/12 Persuasive Essay Everything happens for a reason. You were born for a reason, on that points a reason you got an F on your math quiz. Everything happens for a reason. virtually of the time the reason for close tothing bad happening might not be very clear to you, besides its thither. Everything that happens to you happens because it all allures up to your eventual(prenominal) constituent, you fannyt change your fate because for one, you probably dont know what it is, but if you happened to know, boththing you do to foil it will eventually lead up to it.Think back to why you got an F on your math quiz, you didnt study at all. So, you get your quiz back and your teacher asks you to repose after class, after her lecture you walk fall go forth of class juvenile and you bump into a guy, long story short, hes your sense mate and fifteen years later youre happily married. infer if you had studied. It was fate, you werent supposed to study. No one is to blame for Laiuss death, not even Oedipus, it was fate, and fate cant be avoided.Before reading the play, were already aware of Oedipuss story. We know what his ultimate fate is, so we know what that all of Oedipuss actions lead up to his ultimate fate. unity of the first clues we are given is also one of the biggest clues proving that fate cant be changed. King Laius didnt kill Oedipus himself, he logical the sheepman to do it for him. there was no room for Laius to know whether the ward would kill the infant or not because he wasnt present.Naturally, the shepherd didnt kill Oedipus because Oedipus was just an infant, and a person with a boldness probably wouldnt kill an infant just because, the shepherd whence proceeded to give Oedipus to a messenger who then took the baby to Corinth where Oedipus was adopted by the tycoon and queer. This leads to another clue, which is the concomitant that Oedipus was raised to believe that the king and queen of Co rinth were his biological parents. Had he known they were his foster parents he most believably wouldnt have gone to the oracle to Apollo at Delphi.The very fact that he went to see the oracle is just another example of fate prevailing. Once Oedipus learned his fate he left Corinth because he manifestly didnt want the prophecy to come true. Fate is the strongest theme in the story, another reason why fate is to blame for King Laiuss death. He had to be killed by his son no matter what every single action in the play shows that. From the very beginning there was a way around this terrible fate, but Laius lost the run across when he ordered someone else to do his dirty work for him.Also, Oedipus was a baby at the time so he had no check off over what was happening to him, and it would also be ridiculous for Oedipus to be damned for his mothers death, because he was bound(p) to fulfill this prophecy from in the lead he was even born. If there was no prophecy, and Oedipus had k illed his father, then he could be blamed, but there is too much evidence suggesting otherwise. From the way everything plays out you can see that fate is the cause of the whole ordeal. The minute Oedipus found out what he was destined for, he fled Corinth, because, as mentioned before, he believed that his adoptive parents were his biological parents.If you found out that you were destined for something as terrible was what Oedipus was destined for, youd probably leave home too. No one who is reasonable wants to marry their mother and kill their father, Oedipus found out and tried to prevent this from happening, one might argue that his efforts to prevent his fate led to his fate, which is true, but he had no way of knowing that among the men he killed in the road that one of them was his father, and that the woman he married was his mother. Now my villainy on the receiver.Whoever he is, a lone man unknown in his crime or one among many, let that man drag out his life in agony, s tep by painful step- Oedipus, 280-283. Although this quote is extremely ironic, it shows that Oedipus has no idea he killed his father, and also that he believes that the act was wrong, and that the murderer needs to be punished. We also know that Oedipus murdered his father and his fathers men at a triple crossroad, there were devil other roads for Oedipus to follow after killing the men, but for some reason, fate, it happened to be the road that led to Thebes.Fate, once again. Oedipus, once again, had no way of knowing that he had chosen the path to Thebes, it was just supposed to be that way. At the time of Oedipuss arrival in Thebes, there was a sphinx keeping people out of the city, anyone who guessed the sphinxs riddle in properly was devoured. Also, Oedipus had already fulfilled half of the prophecy, which meant that he was going to answer the riddle correctly because he had to get to Thebes to be able to wed Jocasta.Because Oedipus saved Thebes, and because the king was my steriously murdered, it was custom for Oedipus to marry the widowed queen, it had always been that way and there was no reason for Oedipus to reject her, he had no idea that he was about to marry and have kids with his mother. By this time, the prophecy was then fulfilled, and no one had any idea about it. The prophecy ended here. There wasnt anything anyone could do anymore. Many years passed and Oedipus came to be one of the great kings Thebes had ever seen.Until the city of Thebes fell under a terrible plague, and everything Oedipus knew went declivitous from there. When Oedipus was informed that finding Laiuss murderer would help bring rejoicing back to Thebes, he was set on it, because he was a erect king. OEDIPUS From whom of these our townsmen, and what house? ?SHEPHERD Forbear for Gods sake, master, ask no more. ?OEDIPUS If I moldiness question thee again, thourt lost. (1164-1167) This exchange between Oedipus and the shepherd shows that Oedipus will stop at nothing to s ave his people and find the murderer.It wasnt fate that led Oedipus to the truth, it was his own determination. He was completely blind to the truth, but when he forecast out that all the clues pointed to him, he did something that most people wouldnt do, he punished himself, he kept his word that Laiuss murderer would suffer, and Laiuss murderer did suffer indeed. He begged Creon to exile him he gouged his own eye out. Oedipus might be the one to blame for uncovering the truth, but he definitely isnt the one to blame for killing Laius, it was set in stone for him, and there was no way around that.