In Oedipus there's the topic of fate that plays a major part in the death of Oedipus' parents and the blindness of himself. Oedipus' parents tried to avoid the fate of their son by having him killed, but when one of their men couldn't do it, they were faced with the fate that they were given without even knowing it. Oedipus went to live with another king and queen who took him in as their own. When Oedipus got in a fight with a man he found out the truth about his prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He refused to believe it, but fear drove him out of his kingdom. He ended up having a confrontation with a man on his journey and ended up killing him. When he arrived in the next kingdom he married their queen and became their new king. Later on after having a daughter with this queen he found out the truth through Teiresias that his prophecy, in fact came true. His mother/wife found out the truth and killed herself and then Oedipus because of all this blinded himself and banned himself from his own kingdom. In the end no matter what he did he could not escape his fate.
In modern day we do have those people that believe in prophecies and believe in oracles and fortune tellers. People go and get their palms read or go and get a tarot card reading. There's also those people that want nothing to do with fate and they believe that they are in control of what happens, that there is no god that can determine what will happen to them. There's a big controversy over whether or not our whole life is planned out for us and whether or not we can be in control of our life.
Good Megan, just don't forget to include your own opinion on the issue!
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