"Ah god! It was true! All the prophecies!" - Oedipus p.990 line 67
The the play Oedipus Rex free will and fate play of each other in an ironic way. Though Oedipus believes he had free will through out the play; he had in fact no control over what was going to happen. He seems to beleive in fate but only up until when he was told that fate destined him to kill his father and marry his mother. He tried to evade fate at that point and try to the extent of his free-will get away from his fate. This story shows that often fate will pull free will into check for a time so as to bend it to what fate feels is best. This odd back and forth between the to is very well exemplified in this play. I feel that this reflects real life in many ways. We have free will where it doesn't matter but when it does fate will take over our life for a time.
1 comment:
You have a good idea going, but how does the quote help prove your point? You also seem too caught up in summing up the play so that the point you are trying to make gets muddled in the process. Also, this paragraph needs some major editing. When the mistakes are so bad that it confuses the meaning, it makes me wonder if you're really reading what your writing, or if you're just putting thoughts down as they pop into your head. After the well thought-out ideas put forth in your opinion of free will and fate I am rather disappointed in how little thought went into this. I suggest you think before you write, and not merely react to what little time you have to write this blog.
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