The Fall of Oedipus
...ee”, as we wrote in class. If fate had a plan for him, how was he supposed to alter it? Had I been in his place, I do not think that I would have made myself blind. I probably would have ran far away, where the people of Thebes would not have any chance of meeting me again. Just seemed that Oedipus gouging out his eyes was in the story to add more of a fall. Also, it was mildly annoying how everything happened so conveniently. Oedipus wanted to know what the oracle said, and at that moment Creon came in and told him of Lauis’ murder. Then, it was also quite convenient that the Corinthian messenger was the same shepherd who gave Oedipus to Polybus and Merope. Too many things fell into place within a very short period of time. This story was a success...