Only the Stars will Tell Fate is uncontrollable, and nothing one can do will hinder its becoming. In modern time, most people would protest this statement, but in the time of the ancient Greeks, they would live by it. They believe the Gods decide your entire destiny. The great playwright Sophocles displays how unavoidable fate is in his famous work Oedipus the King. Oedipus is born with a horrible fate, and everything he does to …showed first 75 words of 831 total…

…showed last 75 words of 831 total…prevent his outrageous fate from taking place, but every action moves along the process. Also, when Jocasta tries to say all prophecies are false, she is proven to be incorrect, and makes the situation worse. Tiresias is used to unravel the truth and prove Oedipus's guilt. Sophocles uses every character to depict that fate is decided by the Gods. The author Sophocles shows how important fate is in an ancient Greek's life with this play.