Oedipus Rex by Sophocles - Predestination versus Fate
Oedipus was predestined to kill his father and marry his mother. The gods had foreknowledge of this and it was prophesied before his birth. This was his fate, and there was no way of escaping it. As the story progresses, Oedipus tries to find out the truth about Laius’ murder and his birth, despite the warnings of Tiresias and Jocasta, only to discover that the prophecy told to him by the oracle at Delphi was true. He only wanted to flee his fate, but it continually caught up with him. When he was the prince of Corinth and discovered his fate, he ran away, only to head towards the crimes that he would eventually commit. He would not accept his destiny and the fact that humans are relatively powerless against the gods. As Jocasta says, “It’s all chance, / chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth / can see a day ahead, groping throug
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Approximate Word count = 569
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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