Oedipus Rex 3
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There are those in the world that will have you believe that fate controls the lives of all of us. Still, there are those who insist that each individual has complete control over there own lives; a free will over there own destinies. Oedipus attempts to dodge his fate and change his life for the ....
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.... to the oracle at Delphi, where upon he learned of fates’ disgusting plans. Plans to kill his father and to marry his mother. “O I fled from there. I measured out the stars to put all heaven in between the land of Corinth and such a damned destiny.” That free will act must have been invoked by fate, for the very land he fled to was the land of Thebes, the land where his real parents rein as king and queen. It would seem that fate not only controls people’s lives, ....
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Word count: 880
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)