Oedipus Fate Vs Free Will
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Oedipus the King, was written by Sophocles between C.A.496-406B.C. In this play, Oedipus is a great example of Sophocles’ belief that fate will control a man’s life no matter how much free will exists.
Oedipus is a man of unflagging determination and perseverance, but one who must learn throug ....
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.... have waited for the plague to end, but out of compassion for his suffering people, he had Creon go to Delphi to plead before Apollo to relieve the curse of the plague. Instead of investigating the murder of the former King Lauis, Oedipus took matters into his own hands and cursed the murderer, now the curse would effect him as well, because he was the one who killed Lauis.. "Now my cursed on the murderer,/Whoever he is, alone man unknown in his crime or one among many, let that man dra ....
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