This
paper explains that "Oedipus Rex" deals with more modern psychological questions, such as the
existence of
genetic sexual attraction between shattered families and the existence of a
fate, which determines our lives. The author points out that it
certainly appears Freud was more interested in creating his nascent field of
psychology than in doing a close reading of the Oedipus
myth. The paper relates that the idea of a biological fate, which can be fought tooth-and-nail and yet still not be overcome, is central to the psychology of Oedipus, and it is certainly something with which readers can identify today.