![]() However, there really does not seem to be any freewill here. The theme as I see it, therefore, is of fate versus freewill. Later on, his step parents also leave him in ignorance, and in hiding the truth they are also making the prophecy come true. But he was saved by the compassionate nature of humanity. His parents, when told by the oracles decided to sacrifice him. After hearing of the prophecy he flees because he doesn't want it to come true, but there is a lot that he does not know and a lot that he is not being told. It is simply that there was no way for him to avoid doing it all and facing his fate. In fact, it seems that the more he attempts to get out of it, the deeper he is immersed in its inevitability. I felt after reading the play that there was not really anything that Oedipus could have done to get himself out of his destiny. ![]() ![]() Now upon his head the sea of disaster crashes down.” He, who read the famous riddle, and we hailed chief of men,Īll envied his power, glory, and good fortune. ![]() But since I recently revisited it, this legendary tragedy hasn’t left my mind. What can I say about Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex that has not already been said? Apart from the patricide and the infamous incest, this is an ancient tale of angst and overall calamity. ![]()
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