After reading the entire play of Oedipus the King, it really got me thinking.
Is our fate all written in our hand? Every line in our palm means something….we cannot erase any. Oedipus the King is important to contemporary society because it makes us realize there is only a certain amount of our lives we can control and the rest is just 'meant to happen.' From moving away from his fate of that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus moves towards fulfilling his written fate without realizing. Running away from his parents, Oedipus actually went to is actual parents. The important message in the play lies at the very end of the play as the chorus's points out the final statement that "no one can judge one's fate until the very last day of one's life."
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It’s true that this play got people to think that how much can we actually control our life when everything is fated the moment we are born. It is as if every choice we made is already calculated and like Oedipus we are just a “doll” to fulfill the fate. It is really an irony that the more Oedipus tried to avoid fate, the more he “moved” nearer to fulfilling the fate. It is sad but it shows that men are unable to avoid the fated plan by God. I agree with Jasmit that the final statement "no one can judge one's fate until the very last day of one's life" which lies at the very end of the play echo every being life. It is the same another phrase that I always hear which is “you may not know what will happen tomorrow”.
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