Oedipus Rex: Fate And Freewill
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In the play Oedipus Rex, it shows many different forms of fate and
freewill. Fate is a word that can be defined in many different ways. Fate
can affect a person’s life in many different ways. Oedipus’s fate ruined
his life and lead him to a horrible death. Antigone’s life was also thrown
out ....
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.... cause the fall of a protagonist without there consent or there
control. The fate of a protagonist leads to a much more horrible conclusion
then the mistake of a tragic protagonist do to there own freewill.
Oedipus was born with a horrible prophecy told to his parents which
led his parents to believe that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his
mother. They soon had Oedipus taken up to a mountain, to leave him there to
die. A shepherd saved his life and raised him, Oedipus soon went bac ....
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