Oedipus' Destiny

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of killing the infant, the shepherd gave him to another shepherd who then gave Oedipus to the King Polybus of Corinth. So this poor child survived to continue his tragic destiny.
As Oedipus grows up, he becomes a self-confident, intelligent, and strong willed person. That is the kind of role that is cost for him by destiny. A drunken stranger tells him that he is not the son of King Polybus. His strong will drives him to ask an oracle about his parents. The oracle does not answer his question, but tells him that he would kill his father whom Oedipus believes to be King Polybus and marry his mother. In the fear of these events taking place, he leaves his home. “Oedipus: … my father was Polybus of Corinth… ” (p. 18) to “ … where I could never see that infamous prophecy fulfilled.” (p.19). And his fate becomes reality.
Instead of escaping from the prophecy’s prediction Oedipus runs right into his fate. On a road leading to Thebes he kills his real father King Laius – in a ...

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