him straight into the prophecy On his journey he killed his real father Laius at a crossroads without knowing who he was Then he arrived in Thebes solved the Sphinx s riddle and became king He married Laius widow Queen Jocasta without knowing she was his real mother In the end Oedipus realizes that his fate has come true Oh god all come true all burst to light Oedipus and Jocasta both believed they could avoid fate But everything they did only made the prophecy come true This proves that fate is stronger than human actions Even though Oedipus was a good and intelligent king he could not change his destiny The play shows that fate is stronger than humans In the end when Oedipus learns the truth he blinds himself His story shows that in Greek tragedy humans cannot outwit fate The Chorus warns us about the fate that no one can escape suffering until death Count no man happy till he dies free of pain at last