Fate And Free Will In Oedipus The King

How far would a person have to go to understand their past and to figure out that he was doomed from the start? A character from Oedipus Rex soon finds out that before he was even born, a prophet foretells that he will soon grow up to kill his father, sleep with his mother, and blind himself. Fate is described as the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Sophocles’ novel, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles explains how a king can go from a hero to a tragic hero by fate. The first main sign of fate is when Oedipus is dropped off to die because Oedipus’ parents did not want the curse to come true. Being controlled by fear, Oedipus’s parents Lauis and Jocasta sent baby Oedipus to the mountains refusing to allow the oracle to happen, hoping he’ll die. Being sent to the mountains with his ankles tied, and set alone to die. Polybus grabs Oedipus and raises Oedipus as his own. The fact that Lauis and Jocasta had already planned out
Oedipus then made the serious decision to leave Polybus’ household, and leave to Thebes. Walking to Thebes Oedipus encounters a three way crossroad. At that crossroad, as Oedipus is walking he came across a carriage. The carriage is running up on Oedipus because it moved much quicker than Oedipus on foot. King Lauis then sticks out a stick hitting Oedipus on the back of the head trying to get Oedipus to move out of the way. That being done causes Oedipus to get angry, and kills all of them including the king; except for one. The herald was the one that got away. As Oedipus began to feel haunted by all the guilt, he left everyone he murdered to rot and continued walking to Thebes. Obviously, Oedipus tries all he can to make this prophecy not come true, yet one way or another everything falls into place according to the