Yet Another Blast from the Past

What are you up to, Mr. Strickland? I don't think it is a coincidence that the stories we are reading have reoccurring themes or even mention previous works we have already read in this class. Last week when I found a correlation between Passus Seven of Piers Plowman and the Cain and Abel story, I thought it was just a strange coincidence because the story did deal with religion after all. But for there to be another correlation between Macbeth and a previous text, this is a bit weird. Are all the texts somehow interwoven? If that is the case, Mr. Strickland put a whole lot of thought into this course load.

There is a strong tie to the Oedipus Rex story within Act I. Both men try to take their fate into their own hands. While Oedipus tries to stop the prophecy from becoming fulfilled, consequently putting himself in the position for his prophecy to come true. Macbeth tries to jumpstart his supposed prophecy by eliminating King Duncan via the influence of Lady Macbeth, but will this his in his prophecy coming true or will this action push it further away from becoming his reality?