Examples Of Free Will In Oedipus Rex
“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will”-Unknown. In “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles uses Oedipus to prove fate overcomes free will. The story take place in Thebes and theirs was plague that went around in the town and the king (Oedipus) wants to find the killer so they can stop terrorizing the people.
At this point he is explaining to Jocasta about his fate. He tells her about when he visited Apollo when he found out about his fate he ran away from his adoptive family because it was told that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus said ‘“My fate was to defile my mother’s bed, to bring forth to men a human family that people could not bear to look upon, and slay the father who engendered me.”’ (oed.950-955).
At this point he is explaining to Jocasta about his fate. He tells her about when he visited Apollo when he found out about his fate he ran away from his adoptive family because it was told that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus said ‘“My fate was to defile my mother’s bed, to bring forth to men a human family that people could not bear to look upon, and slay the father who engendered me.”’ (oed.950-955).