Oedipus Code Of Fate Analysis

Oedipus was struck with many obstacles throughout his life. These obstacles decided his fate, even if it was predestined. Some of the decisions Oedipus made were, what he thought, as his free will, but were already written into his fate. Free will is built into fate because the decisions a person makes is their way of deciding how they want to end their life, whether that is on a positive or negative result. Oedipus was destined to kill his father, marry, and have children with his mother, Jocasta, and be blind to the truth until he becomes physically blind. Oedipus’s parents learned about his fate once he was born, but to keep the prophecy from happening his parents had him chained up. Jocasta told Oedipus about the oracle she was told when her child was born, “.., before our child was three days old, Laius pinned his ankles tight together and ordered other men to throw him out on a mountain rock where no one ever goes” (line 862-865) He was not capable of breaking through the restraints. Jocasta was a loving mother and did not want to see her son die without having a chance to live. She decided to send for a man to release Oedipus and give him away to a servant family, hoping his fate would change. “Your ankles had been pierced and pinned
Although not physically blind, none were able to see what they were doing as following the foreseen prophecy. Not until the end do Jocasta and Oedipus see the truth. Jocasta figured out that she had gone along with the fate of her son and soon killed herself over it. Oedipus was so dumbstruck by her death that he did not understand why she killed herself. He did not seen the truth, yet. Finally, the gouging out of his eyes forced him to think. His thoughts soon connected; he saw the truth. Oedipus chose to gouge out his eyes and this was his free will, but in order for him to see the truth about the oracle clearly, he had to go physically