Fate and Destiny in Oedipus the King Essay Example

Sophocles, a Greek play writer puts it clearly in his ‘Oedipus the King’ that people’s fate and destinies are prearranged by God. This literary piece can be used as a witness to the Christian belief that God predestines every person’s life and however much one can struggle to change their fate, they are deemed to fail. In this piece, Sophocles describes how the life of king Oedipus is predestined by Apollo a Greek god and prophesized by the oracle of Delphi that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. His father throws him into the wilderness to wander and die but is rescued and in attempt to escape his fate, comes back and fulfills the oracle. Christians’ belief of God predestining people’s life is therefore valid and no one can change their destiny except