he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by fate. When Oedipus heard a prophesy that his going to kill his father and sleep with his mother he ran away, even when he new there were suspicions of him being the real son of his parents. There some lines from the play: "...There was a man dining with us one day who had too much wine and man shouted at me-half drunk and shouting that I was not rightly called my father's son. ... Without my parent's knowledge, I went to Delphi, but Apollo did not say what I had gone to hear. Instead, he answered questions I had not asked and told of horror and misery beyond believe - how I would know my mothers bad ... and cause the death of my own father."

The prophecy drove the Oedipus away from home; the terror of the predictions was too much to live with. Oedipus tried everything not to meet the prophecy, and still when he came to Thebes and became a king Oedipus married an older lady. It was his choice, even when he knew there was a danger of him to

that no, it was not. Being content and suited with what he knew of

Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for

pain and distraught. Was, after it was over, all worth it? We find

Oedipus will have to walk with a cane for the rest of his life because

gods to find the killer of Laius. He is very dilligent in the inquiriy

grace through, which is indeed what happens.

lived on under King Laius. In fact, everyone would have been better

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