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Fate is what is denstined to happen to you once you are born.
In Oedipus the King Fate is one major theme through out the play.
 
The question is did Oedipus bring his collaspe upon himself or was he a victum of somthing which he had no control over?
 
You can agrue it either way  

Oedipus actions where his  self centered adtitude and bad temper led him to bring his destiney upon himself.
 
 For example at the intersection of Three roads when, Oedipus was stopped my his father king latuis and not let by, his bad temper led him to have no ______ with the other men and kill them and fufill the first part of the profiecy.
 
If Oedipus wasnt so blind of the true maybe he could of seen the reality of that he is the killer of Kind Latuis and accept the fact that he has to be exiled which would of saved his mother/wife from death.
 
 

Or that Oedipus no matter what would of ended up killing his father and marrying his mother because that his fate.
 
Oedipus as a baby was sent to be killed but when this failed Oedipus was now blind of his true family leding to leaving his foster parents.
 
He had no choice nothing that he could of done at this point could of prevent these events from happening it was his fate.
 
 

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This picture is when the all knowing profeit tirerias tells Oedipus that he his the killer of King latius and he is the cause of so much death and loss