Blog post #2-My Opinion In Oedipus

Even though the story of Oedipus is interesting in and of itself(i mean. come on, marry your mother and kill your father-crazy), the story also raises some moral and ethical questions about fate and free will, and the subtle differences between right and wrong.
Throughout the story I really liked trying to find each place that Oedipus took a step closer to his fate that he was trying to avoid. He left his home to avoid his fate and ended up traveling down the road toward it. I also liked asking myself what would have happened, if say, Liaos didn't hear his fate, or Oedipus didn't hear his? Both Liaos and Oedipus did what they wanted along their journeys-free will-but ended up meeting their fate anyway. Does that mean that they didn't have free will? It's interesting to ponder upon.
I also found it interesting to notice how, while Oedipus tried to make the right choices, he ended up destroying himself, which in his eyes would mean that he made the wrong choices. The two were very closely intertwined between his two selves. I found this intriguing, because the character of Oedipus is easily relatable to the reader, which makes the reader struggle along with Oedipus, as if it were the reader's own fate unfolding.