Fighting Fate

Through out the reading of Oedipus the King, we were recently confronted with the idea of Fate. In Oedipus none of the characters have any contr over their Fate. The more they try to struggle against it, the harder they push themselves into it. By learning the Fate of the their son the king and queen of Thebes decide to leave their son in the mountains. This leads to Oedipus being given to one Shepard by another and then making his way in the hands of that Shepards king. At one banquet a drunkard tells Oedipus that his fathe is not really his father which then leads Oedipus to see an audience with the oracle of Delphi. She tells him he will kill his father and marry his mother but does not answer his true question. Oedipus is searching for his identity. In trying to discover is what the drunkard says is true, he is learns his Fate which causes him to flee his home. During this process he kills his true father unknowingly and, after solving the Sphinx's riddle, he becomes king of Thebes like his father before him. This entitles him to all that was the previous kings, including the Queen of Thebes, Oedipus' mother. Both Oedipus and his mother/wife spurn the Seers because they believe that they have changed their fate when, in actuality, it was tw struggle to avoid their fate that led them right to it. Oedipus left who he thought was his parents in order to avoid killing his father and marrying his mother so it stands to reason that if his parents had never abandoned him in the first place there is a very high chance that none of this would have ever happened. The plan of Fate in Oedipus the King seems to be a final ending that cannot be escaped.