course of destiny
Essay #1B: The Course of Destiny The play Oedipus, written by Sophocles, was one that said a lot about how much a persons characteristics really do contribute to the directions which their life travels in. ... I feel it shows drastically how emphasized fate and destiny are in this play, for when Oedipus felt he was escaping the fate of killing his father, instead he walked himself right into it. ... Oedipus course of destiny was planned out by the gods from the start, for even when he thought he was escaping the evils of fate, he instead walked himself further into it.