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Oedipus, since the day he was born, always had control over his fate. The gods had never intervened in Oedipus' life, but rather or simply gave a ‘hint' as to what Oedipus is to face in the future. This ‘hint' could supposedly be to try and help Oedipus avoid his downfall. And so, decisions as to which paths to take were not up to the gods, but to the individual, Oedipus. Logically speaking, the gods could not descend down and control Oedipus' movement to create the outcome of Oedipus' destiny.

When it was that Oedipus had heard of the prophecy of him killing his father and bedding his mother, he should have known what he should not do. That to avoid that horrendous fate, Oedipus should have known to avoid killing anyone and marrying anyone in his lifetime.

Was it not his decision to kill a man he just met, over an argument? Was it not Oedipus' decision to strike back at the man even if Oedipus didn't know it was his father? Oedipus himself chose to get angry, chose to......

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