Oedipus' errors in judgment and action led to his destruction. After discovering that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, he made some poor decisions that otherwise could have prevented his crimes. When he found out that his parents in Corinth were not actually his birth parents, he should not have left them because staying would decrease his chances of coming into contact with his actual parents.

After fleeing Corinth, killing anyone intentionally was a mistake, because this person could end up being his father. However, his short temper led him to kill Laius, who was an older man who could have very well been his father. It was at this symbolic three-way crossroads before the events of the play took place that he began to fulfill the prophecy. When arriving in Thebes to solve the Sphinx's riddle with intelligenc

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