Oedipus has been going through many struggles and now finds out that his ancestry has been cursed causing him great distress. As Oedipus is on the hunt for the person responsible for the
Plague on the town, he is told some extremely shocking news…. “Your mother’s and your father’s curse, shall sweep you out of this land.” (37). This shows how fate is truly at fault for Oedipus’s struggle throughout the story. But that’s not the only thing in store for Oedipus. After getting into a fight with Teiresias he finds out something shocking about his future. “You shall grow up to be old, poor, and blind.” Fate is most at fault for the conflicts in the play. Fate was definitely most to blame for the conflicts arising in the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Throughout the whole story Oedipus and others are in fighting the conflict of man versus luck and find how fate is hard to overcome. Most of the tragic events happening in the story were by chance, not by choice. Like when Oedipus finds out his fate is to live in a cursed family and to become blind, old, and poor in the future. Also when Oedipus finds out he is to blame for the plague bestowed on their town. This is how fate is most at fault for the conflicts and outcome in the