Oedipus the King (again)

Part 1 (prompt # 2):

A huge theme in this tragedy, as previously stated in the prompt was that it shows that you can never escape your fate. You can never win against the gods either. Whether or not you could escape your fate, the playwright as well as a most of the Greek people believed you couldn't. They made sure you were reminded of that constantly. The gods must be respected but also feared. This is one of the key if not main social norm that was violated in this tragedy. Another social norm that was violated was to respect your mother and father. However, I believe this is not a fair charge on Oedipus because he did not have full knowledge that one of the men he killed was his father and also the king. Oedipus thought he was escaping his fate when he was just walking into it. So far, the tragedy of Oedipus is already promoting absolute respect to the gods. The play also promotes respect for your parents. Also, absolute respect for the gods also ties in with fate. Can you escape your fate? The Greeks didn't believe you could. In fact, the Greeks believed you only made it worse for either yourself or your family by trying to escape your fate. I believe this makes Oedipus innocent because he tried to escape the path already set out for him by the gods. Another moral lesson than can be learned from this play would be to not become to arrogant. This is one thing Oedipus could be accused of. There were several quotes where it seemed Oedipus was over-confident in his ability. Out of the things Oedipus promotes, these are some of the most important teachings.
Arron "the blaron" and "bloody red baron" and "the real deal" Long-Lewis