Fate vs. Free Will in Oedipus
Title: Fate vs. Free Will in Oedipus
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 495 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Fate vs. Free Will in Oedipus
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 495 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
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Through a combination of fate and free will, Oedipus completely dismantles his
life. At the conclusion of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus is blind and leaving his homeland in exile
with the knowledge that he commits parricide and incest. From the story of Oedipus Rex
a person learns that no matter how fortunate he is at the moment, at any juncture in time,
everything can be taken away from him.