Oedipus and Fate
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... could have decided to walk away and not react. However he decided to react aggressively, and thus kills his father. But theoretically, if his character had been different, fate could have returned later and tested him in different ways, perhaps then engaging his good-natured side. When Oedipus meets the sphinx, he could have turned away, but instead his character dictates that he should be bold and face her. Thus he becomes King, and sets him on his path to incest. However, if he had acted differently, surely fate being fate, it would have "thought" of another way to trap him. In this logic the crucial difference is that fate requires him to act to actually exact the plan.
Finally, I come to the last possibility. Perhaps of all the possible choices, this is the one favoure ...
