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The Role Of Fate In Oedipus Th
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The Role of Fate in "Oedipus the King"
Is Oedipus a victim of the gods, their prophecies, and destiny, or his own fatal flaws? I am under the impression that Sophocles wrote the play to underscore the uselessness of trying to avoid one's fate. He implies that we need to turn to the gods because w ....
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....that he was "dammed from birth". This is also evident when he says:
Wasn't I born for torment? …Else I'm doomed to couple with my mother and cut my father down… Wouldn't a man of judgment say- and wouldn't he be right- some savage power has brought this down upon my head?
Here Oedipus is blaming the gods for his misfortunes. So far, he believes that there is no free will and that the gods control life's outcomes. Then Jocasta leads him to believe that there is no meaning to t.... |
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