Guilty as Charged During the story “Oedipus Rex” Oedipus committed the crimes of killing his father and marrying his mother. During the Greek times it was believed that one’s future was determined by fate. The oracle had made a prophecy that this would happen to Oedipus and to his parents. The prophecy came true and Oedipus was devastated when he found out what he had actually done. Oedipus is guilty for his actions even though he had no idea what the acts he did was what the oracle predicted. Even without the intentions of making the prophecy come true he still ended up killing multiple people. Oedipus had no remorse in what he did until he found out it was his father that he killed. “How strange a shadowy memory crossed my mind, just