Prophecy In Oedipus The King
Prophecy no matter how accurate it may be and no matter if it came from the Gods or from another human is always hard to bear by humans. Sophocles tale about Oedipus a king who tried escaping his prophecy is a perfect example of how humans have little to no effect on fate. All the efforts put to cancel the prophecy are actually used to completion of the prophecy. All actions to avoid a prophecy given by a God is futile because human free will is limited to just a choice of road to lead to the prophecy and not a prophecy change. Oedipus from his birth was doomed by his prophecy. His parents whom were told of his prophecy tried to alter it and by doing that actually helped make it to come true. The purpose of prophecies is for knowledge of the
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The name Oedipus itself reveals something about the character. Oedipus stands for “swollen foot” in Greek. But then again how can his wife / mother could not have realized that his name meant swollen foot and that Oedipus was messed up. How could she not have realized the marks left by the Skewer put to bind his feet together when she gave him up to die? The irony behind Oedipus tragical childhood fate and his name are both perfect examples of the theme God vs Human. This is also another strenghener factor about how humans have no power over fate and prophecies. Oedipus fate was traced was determined way before his conception. From him bieng a baby all these misfortunes start to happen and he has no control or is even aware of what is going on. Another foreshadow of how humans free will is limited and powerless against fate. Characters from Oedipus sufffered the same mistake. Because of their arrogancy to believing the prophecy and thinking they could alter the prophecy they brought doom to themselfves. Even though the truth was told to them they still refused to hear or see it. The great blind prophet Theiresias is a symbol of fate shall happened wether you perceive it or try to alter it. Theirasias warned the previous king and Queeen of the prophecy. Blinded by fear of the prophecy coming true they acted radically and that led to the realisation of the
The name Oedipus itself reveals something about the character. Oedipus stands for “swollen foot” in Greek. But then again how can his wife / mother could not have realized that his name meant swollen foot and that Oedipus was messed up. How could she not have realized the marks left by the Skewer put to bind his feet together when she gave him up to die? The irony behind Oedipus tragical childhood fate and his name are both perfect examples of the theme God vs Human. This is also another strenghener factor about how humans have no power over fate and prophecies. Oedipus fate was traced was determined way before his conception. From him bieng a baby all these misfortunes start to happen and he has no control or is even aware of what is going on. Another foreshadow of how humans free will is limited and powerless against fate. Characters from Oedipus sufffered the same mistake. Because of their arrogancy to believing the prophecy and thinking they could alter the prophecy they brought doom to themselfves. Even though the truth was told to them they still refused to hear or see it. The great blind prophet Theiresias is a symbol of fate shall happened wether you perceive it or try to alter it. Theirasias warned the previous king and Queeen of the prophecy. Blinded by fear of the prophecy coming true they acted radically and that led to the realisation of the