priest makes the statement, "A walled city is nothing, a ship is nothing, when there's no one aboard to man it". Wisdom and truth is the power behind the man, without it man is nothing and his efforts to control his will are useless.
             This play appears to be written as a proverb or tale to impart wisdom. It takes human will to an extreme to focus on the real subject. Humans are not forced by gods to carry out hideous lives of murder, rape, incest, and lies. These are human actions that follow with extreme consequences. Obviously, Oedipus' efforts did not lead him to happiness or fulfillment.
             In Oedipus Rex and generally in that time period, gods were held in high esteem as the destiny holders, the powerful ones, and as shown in this play they appeared to have some control over the events of Oedipus' life. The humorous fact is that the humans created the gods with expectations of what they could do. Later, Oedipus blames the gods for condemning his life. Oedipus laughs at the gods when he says in sarcasm &q
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