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A Puppet Without Strings
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The theory behind fate or predetermination has been embedded in today’s society partially due to literature. Sophocles’ Oedipus The King perpetuates this ideology that the title character pursues a path which happens to be foretold. Oedipus was determined to save his city and discover his identity, ....
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....onor to his family and destroys his image in the eyes of the people. Oedipus finally emerges with his world in pieces and the mere thought of his abominable sins leaves him guilt-ridden; he is eventually overcome. Overall, in terms of the downfall of the king, Oedipus brought it upon himself, what he sought to find out was intentionally kept from him, in the words of the prophet Teiresias, “how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise! (Page 23, line 316)”
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