Cosmic is simply the irony of fate, and if there's one thing that
is about, it's fate.
's downfall is directly related to
his inability to comprehend the role of fate in mortals's lives and how it is manipulated by the
gods for their own ends. Oedipus acts as if he can defy fate, even after he's been explicitly
warned of the consequences of his actions by the blind seer, . Of course, he can't outsmart
fate, and the end result of his stubborn defiance is the exact opposite of what he'd expected;
this is what makes it ironic. Every step that Oedipus takes to try to avoid his fatesuch as
attempting to get to the bottom of how his father was killedonly brings him nearer to his
eventual doom.
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