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The theory behind fate or predetermination has been embedded in today’s society partially due to literature. Sophocles’ Oedipus The King perpetuates this ideology that the title character pursues a path which happens to be foretold. Oedipus was ....

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... city, only to learn that in order to do so he must find and punish the murderer of the former King Laius. He invokes a curse on the sinner. Ironically, Oedipus remains ignorant of the fact that he himself was the transgressor; he was jinxing himself. When the blind prophet Teiresias is summoned to shed light on the subject, he warns Oedipus not to be overly presumptuous and assures him that the future will come of itself and the past will surface when need be. Initially, his rash, self-righteous internal character begins to surface and with his increased frustration Oedipus begins to adversely affect his relationships with others, particula ...