If someone has read Oedipus Rex, they are missing a lot. This book is a powerful play on many life stories of confusion. Many say that it is about deception. Others say that it is about prophecy. Is it ever considered it being about fate? Many times in this book the reader will see that people are trying to dodge their destinies. This of course cannot happen. The theme in this book shows a powerful …showed first 75 words of 634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 634 total…destiny. Fate always wins, and no one can in any way beat it. The plague was brought out in Thebes just to show that Oedipus had to find out who killed Laios. The servant survived the murder of Laios so that Oedipus would know who killed Laios. After all of this, Oedipus finds that he was the killer. Would anyone call this coincidence? This is clearly a story showing that no one can "beat" destiny.