Free And Fate In Oedipus The King

The real tragedy is the poor of poverty. Oedipus is one of the classics tragedy character in ancient Greek. Oedipus the king is the story about a man who destined to kill his father and marry his mother. He is the main character as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, the author Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself. Because in ancient Greeks, they believe that their gods decided what happen to everyone and determined what destiny they will have. The free and fate are significant elements of the story concept; however, in Sophocles’s writing, it proved that how human suffering

Afraid of the prophecy will come true, they sent him in a mountain and leave him by pierced his ankle. But, a shepherd pitied him and brought him back to Corinth and raised by the Kind and Queen of Corinth as their son. After Oedipus grew up, he knew about the prophecy which he will kill his parents, so he decided to left Corinth. “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 mother’s bad and cause the death of my own father.” Here, it proved that Oedipus try to avoid the prophecy happen, he drove away from Corinth. But, no matter how he against the fate his acts already brought the prophecy to life. Although, Oedipus attempt to escape the fate, this is ironic to the audience that the tragic outcome of the story cannot be escaped, also his overconfidence and rashness caused his fate

When Oedipus upon arriving at the fork, he was accidently killed all the attackers. The reason for the plague is that Laius’ murderer has not been punished. Laius was the ruler of Thebes before the present King Oedipus and was supposedly killed during a journey by a group of robbers. The gods at Delphi threaten that unless the murderer is caught and tried, Thebes will continue to suffer. This is the background against which the entire drama unfolds. The present king of Thebes, Oedipus, firmly resolves the find the murderer and prosecute him. He prohibits his people from withholding any information about the man in question. old prophet Tiresias is also summoned by Oedipus to be consulted over the matter, but his meeting with Tiresias takes an ugly turn. Tiresias refuses to reveal anything to Oedipus because he is aware of the dreadful fact that it is the ignorant Oedipus himself who has murdered Laius and Laius was Oedipus’ father and that he is married to his own mother. He prefers to keep silent as he does not want to be the cause of Oedipus’ ruin. Oedipus, on the other hand, interprets Tiresias’ silence as treachery. He labels him a villain and a conspirator along with Creon. Later, the angry Tiresias leaves, warning that Oedipus will cause his