Benjamin Disraeli stated “Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his control.” and the translation of that quote means people cannot control their fate but they can control how they react to it. In the play, Oedipus, this quote is profound. The story of Oedipus, starts off even before Oedipus was born, an oracle prophesied a horrendous fate. The oracle foretold that the child would kill his father, marry his mother, and bear children that the world would resent. As a result, King Laios, father of this child, hung the child by his feet with a hook in order to alter their unfavorable kismet but as the king left, an old shepherd pitied the child and released him from the hook and fled to a place far away. The shepherd