Oedipus Rex is a lot like us. He goes on in his life thinking he knows everything but is really obvious to what is really going on. Like I have mentioned before in my old posts we are slaves to consequences and there is nothing we can do about it. Oedipus tried to take power by understanding why, by understanding how. However, the universe gave a message to us all by proving that we truly are powerless. Even though Oedipus was a great a wise king, as he was able solve the sphinx , he still was not able to figure out the riddles of life.