In Oedipus Rex, freewill does not appear anywhere within the context. For example, Oedipus filled the prophecy of his birth precisely as planned without even knowing it. Although he believed that he had stopped it, Oedipus, controlled by fate, apparently had no say within the fate he was to live for.
Page 995; lines 132-138:
"Oh never to have come here
With my father's blood upon me! Never
To have been the man they call his mother's husband!
Oh accurst! Oh child of evil,
to have entered that wretched bed-
the selfsame one!
More primal than sin itself, this fell to me."
This small passage shows how cruel fate can be. Can one be sure of the belief in faith when it can be so mean and unforgiving?-let alone condemning? If the idea of fate is so true, than does that mean that we are born sinners? Ready to go to Hell before we can even walk? In my personal opinion, that whole ordeal of fate is just something that people should have to abide by. In the passage I have chosen, it tells of the horrible prophecy that Oedipus carried out. All of the anguish and despair he feels are able o just appear in these few words-having to curse oneself? Why should anything have such power to control one's fate?
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