Blog #9 assignment: Free choice

I feel that in the play Oedipus the King, many of the events could have been avoided if his parents had just not gone to the Oracle. They would have never gotten rid of Oedipus, and would have raised him like they should have. It is highly doubtful that if Oedipus had known his real parents, that the same events would have taken place. Or maybe everything happened to test Laios' and Oedipus' personalities. If they were less brash and cruel, their "fates" may have been much less tragic. However, they never took the time to evaluate their situations, and just hastily rushed to conclusions. The play is supposed to be a tragedy, but if you look at what kind of person Oedipus was, his fate was well deserved.