Discussion Question: Oedipus Rex
In this story, the legend says that King Laius was killed at a three-way crossroads.  A crossroads is a place where a decision needs to be made, as different paths can be taken that will lead to different places.  So, a crossroads basically represents choices.  Do you think that Sophocles used the idea of the crossroads to symbolize how our choices affect us, or to show how decisions are overpowered by fate?