Oedipus Rex

Main Ideas

• The inevitability of fate and the predestined path of human life
• Guilt and punishment as results of one's actions, even if committed unknowingly
• The search for truth and its destructive impact on human life
• The struggle between human law and divine decree
• Power and blindness as metaphors, where power can blind a ruler to the truth, and Oedipus's physical blindness opens his eyes to reality
• Pride and arrogance as the hero's main vices, leading to his downfall