Oedipus Two Paragraph Prompt

A Two paragraph response to the following prompt:

Teiresius and Creon tells Oedipus that he “weaves” his own “doom”.  Oedipus, meanwhile, insists that fate has brought this curse on him. Who is right? Explain your answer in a well supported paragraph.

While both the blind seer, Tiresias, and Oedipus’ brother in law and uncle, Creon, tell Oedipus that he “weaves” his own “doom,” it is well supported that it is destiny which leads to his inevitable downfall. Indeed, Oedipus is correct in his insistance that fate has brought this curse upon him. While Oedipus Rex begins with the conflict of freeing Thebes from the plague by finding the person, or party, responsible for Laos’ death, the true conflict lies in Oedipus finding his identity. And through this process, from the input of Tiresias, the blindseer, messengers and shepherds who were present at the crime,  to Oedipus` own memory, actions, and experiences, it is evident that he had no way in knowing just how terrible his actions were. There is nothing Oedipus could have done to prevent his tragic demise. There is simply too much evidence which supports Oedipus claim that fate is the cause of his “doom” and not himself, as Creon and Tiresias claim. To start, it is widely known that Oedipus himself is a wise man, for it is he who saved Thebes from the Sphinx by solving a puzzle. With that said, it is strange that honorable and hoeric Oedipus, who holds such immense intellect and insight, enough to solve the puzzle of the Sphinx, would commit such atrocities. But yet, he did; through a series of unfortunate events in which he had no knowledge of the true nature of things.

Besides it being known that Oedipus is a hero: man of great insight and knowledge, Oedipus also reveals that he had made efforts to prevent committing the sin of killing his father after being told he would by a prophecy after visiting Delphi. Upon hearing that he would kill his father, Oedipus left Corinth, where he was raised, in order to prevent the slaying of his father Polybos, and when news that Polybos had passed away due to natural causes, Oedipus was overjoyed as it meant that he had dodged the prophecy. Through all of this, it is shown that Oedipus did everything within his knowledge and power to prevent the prophecy from occurring on his end. There was no way Oedipus could have known how cruel fate would be in having it so that he would somehow cross paths with his real father, Laos, and kill him. Also, after hearing that Oedipus would one day kill him, Laos also took drastic measures to prevent the prophecy from occurring by binding Oedipus’ ankles together and having him die in the wild. It is due to fate that baby Oedipus would be rescued by a shepherd and be sent to be raised in Corinth and then eventually carrying out the prophecy in the end. All in all, from the idea that Oedipus is known to be an insightful and knowledgeable hero who saved Thebes from the Sphinx, to the measures both himself and Laos took in preventing the prophecies from occurring, it is evident that Oedipus is correct in his proposition that fate is what led to his “doom.”