Can We Alter our Destiny
Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King gives us an example of how our destiny is set when we are born. ... Oedipus did not know that the king and queen who raised him were not his birth parents, and eventually he ended up fulfilling his destiny by killing his real father, marrying his real mother and having children, and when she found out that Oedipus was in fact her very own flesh and blood, she took her life. ... In one of the greatest Greek tragedies, Oedipus the King, Oedipus attempts to alter his own fate to avoid the horrific destiny plan. ... Psychics are so relevant that people all over the world invest a lot of money to see into their future and try to alter their destiny. ... Thousands of people met their destiny that day. ... It was not their destiny to die that day. ... People have labeled it fate, or destiny, because we have to have a reason, a cause, or a justification. ... Could it be that something in our subconscious mind causes us to unwittingly bring about our own destiny? ... When Oedipus was warned of his destiny he ran away to prevent it from happening. ... No, I believe that it was Oedipus’s destiny to leave his home to fulfill the prophecy told by the prophets.