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The themes (fundamental and often universal ideas exploring a literary work) of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex include: the willingness to ignore the truth, the limits of free will, and the idea of a tragic flaw. Oedipus, who is known throughout Thebes of his quick comprehension and clear- sightedness, (not to mention incredible intelligence) was unable to avoid the devastating prophecy and, as the Greeks believed, his fate. Does this, then, make Oedipus responsible for the chin-of-events and final outcome [self-inflicted blinding and banishment], or is he blameless? Exactly what is Oedipus' moral standing on the subject?