In the stories "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone", many actions turn out to have peripeteia outcomes. "Oedipus Rex", by John Bennett and Moira Kerr, is a story about a young man named "Oedipus", son of the Corinth, who attempts to escape his fate of killing his father. In "Antigone", by E.F. Watling, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, wants to give her traitorous brother, Polynices, a proper burial. But, her uncle "King Creon" is against helping the traitor and decides to punish Antigone with a death sentence. Through their actions, Oedipus and Creon experience peripeteia by avoiding their fate, becoming king, and making the wrong choices, which made them suffer tremendously. It is evident that Oedipus' actions created the most unexpected form of peripeteia because his fate was sealed by the will of God, which is inevitable even when you try to escape it. For Creon, he had the chance to change his future, since he was warned of the tragedies that would happen.
When Oedipus and Creon learn about their fate of killing their loved one, they desperately try to prevent the inevitable. Oedipus had traveled to Delphi to consult with the oracle, Apollo. "He had received a warning from the famous oracle of Apollo at Delphi that he was doomed to kill his father, whom he loved. The young man felt he had no choice but to go so far away that he would never see his father again" (1, Bennett and Kerr). Oedipus decided to run away because he learned that he would kill his father. Right now Oedipus is doing the only thing he can do to help save his father.
"At that moment a messenger arrived, bearing an urgent message to Oedipus from the queen of Corinth. His father had died. Oedipus flung his hands to heaven and shouted his relief to the gods---the terrible prophecy that he would kill his own father had not come true! .All the oracles had been right: Laius had been murdered by his own son, Oedipus," (2-3, Bennett and Kerr).
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