Examples Of Fate And Free Will In Oedipus

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Fate is the end that you will eventually reach. You have no control over fate, anything and everything you do is to get to that destined end. Free will is your own choice that will impact the rest of your life. You dictate your actions.
In Sophocles Oedipus the King, fate and Free-Will play a big role throughout the story and bringing Oedipus to his downfall. Both fate and Free-Will can be argued to the extremity, every aspects of Oedipus life was based upon fate, but you also have the decision to decide the outcome of your own life. Fate is how he ends up but the way he got there is through his choices which is free will. I believe free will plays a stronger role in Oedipus The King compared to fate. Oedipus was residing in Corinth with
Oedipus had no control over that prophecy, but he did have control over ever decision he made further after being acknowledged of the prophecy. Oedipus didn’t have to set out for Delphi, that was a decision. He didn’t have to abandon cornith, kill several guys on his way to Thebes, get married, become king of Thebes, search for the truth of his birth, nor gouge his eyes out. Oedipus made all these decision. A prophecy is a prediction, prophecies are ironclad, and will come to pass no matter what you do. If prophecies are so ironclad then why was Zeus in Greek Mythology able to escape the prophecy of his children overthrowing him? Moral of my argument is, it’s all about the journey, the decision you make, you’re free will that will lead you to where you were destined to get, but it’s not about where you ended or your destined fate. It’s all about how you got there, every trial Oedpius faced was another building stone to make his who he once was. It would be disgraceful for your eulogy to only say, “s/he died.” You would want the audience to know the journey you went through that brought you to your own end. I believe Oedipus outcome has more to do with free will than it has to do with

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