Fate and the Oedipal Trilogy Outline
Thesis:
The role that fate plays in the Oedipal Trilogy is clearly visible; the actions of Oedipus, Antigone, Teiresias, and others are all linked to a prophecy given years before their time, which displays for them some sort of definite, yet unidentifiable, fate to come.
I. Introduction
II. What is fate?
A. First prophecy
III. Oedipal Prophecies Fulfilled
A. Second prophecy
IV. Denying Fate
A. “tragic flaw”
B. vulnerability and desperation
V. Irony in Fate
A. “the blind have sight and those with sight are blind”.
VI. Fate Concludes
A. Third prophecy
VII. Conclusion