Oedipus Rex; The Great Tragedy Commonly in society a person acts to avoid a certain situation, but less common is when that person involves themselves further into the situation. In Socrates' Oedipus Rex this is exactly what happens. Many call Oedipus Rex the greatest tragedy ever written. Socrates incorporates all of the requirements for a tragedy in his story, and does it in an artful and well-written way. In the story Oedipus tries to avoid …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…Oedipus finds that he has not only completed this prophecy but has also gone a long way to complete his destiny. This, and other examples of other character's destinies being completed, helps to show that one can not control their fate, even if they try terribly hard fate is fate and will still happened; it is destined to happen. Oedipus Rex, written by Socrates, helps to show that one cannot outsmart and outrun life's outcome.