The first of the criteria, having no control over the situation he is in, can be met in several situations, and is symbolized by the ankle piercing because he could not stop his father from piercing his ankles as a baby. Due to

Next, the criteria of having been harmed for no fault of his own, is one of the major themes of the play, and reiterated by Oedipus' ignorance to his own problem. Though his father may have had a reason to want Oedipus dead, after hearing what the mystic had to say about young Oedipus' future, it was not Oedipus fault that he was destined to do what he was. A second example of this, when Oedipus does in fact kill his father, he is met at the crossroads and attacked by his father's men, through no fault of his own. Once again this displays the symbolism of his ankles being pierced as a child, meeting the second of the three criteria.

the Greeks strong belief in set destiny, the moment the Seer told Oedipus real father what would occur, his life was set in stone. Try

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