What is the moral of Oedipus Rex?

The moral
lesson in , as the other answers have indicated, is that it is impossible
to escape one's destiny and a sin to try to do so.

In the Greek worldview,
one of the worst sins a person could commit was to think he knew better than the gods. This is
whatdoes when he attempts to escape his god-ordained fate.

One feels for
Oedipus, as he is handed a terrible future. The prophets foretell that he is destined to kill
his father and marry his mother. Most people would try to escape a future that has such terrible
consequences for their parents.

Oedipus is trying to protect
the...