th, while Oedipus who could see, was blind to the gods trying to help him. Although the gods predict Oedipus' fate, he acted as a free agent in actualizing it in his life. As seen in the story of Oedipus, it was a mix of curiosity, not knowing when to give up, and arrogance that led Oedipus down the path to destruction. It was in the very beginning of the play that Oedipus was told by a prophet of the gods, what it was he searched for. The story of Oedipus is not the only case of man's stubbornness and arrogance getting him in to trouble, there are many examples of this throughout history. It seems that man has nack for not listening to higher authority and ...
