Fate vs. Free will
This essay is going to be about whether our lives are decided by fate or by free will in the book Oedipus. In the book Oedipus is a cursed child because his father's mistake. His father, Laius, was a tutor for a boy named Chrysippus, and Laius kidnapped him and took him to thebes. Then hHe was cursed and couldn't get married or his whole line would be cursed. This is an example of free will. It might not have been fate that this was supposed to happen it was his choice to kidnap the boy. Also, even after this curse, he went and got married and had a child, that was free will and that made his son cursed.
Oedipus is cursed now, but it was not his choice, it was his fate because of his father's choice. So he has to live with his cursed fate Oedipus is also known as the pawn of fate and the victim of free will. He is a pawn of fate because if his father chose to have a child, the child would be …show more content…
It is his fate,. Hhe doesn’t have a free will against it because of his father. He learns about his prophecy and tried to go against it, but he can't stop this curse. He starts to realize that it had come true in the end. He married his mother and killed his father and he cut his eyes out. He never thought it would happen but he had no free will against it because it is his fate.
In this play there are a lot of different examples of free will and fate. Most of them have to do with Oedipus. He had the choice not to risk his life to answer the sphinx's question. He had a free will to answer or not and he risked his life and saved the city. He could have gotten the answer wrong but he already had his fate set for him. He had a fate already and nothing could change his fate. He was destined to marry his mom and kill his dad. This was his fate. But he also had the free will to save the city, no matter what it wouldn't have changed his
This essay is going to be about whether our lives are decided by fate or by free will in the book Oedipus. In the book Oedipus is a cursed child because his father's mistake. His father, Laius, was a tutor for a boy named Chrysippus, and Laius kidnapped him and took him to thebes. Then hHe was cursed and couldn't get married or his whole line would be cursed. This is an example of free will. It might not have been fate that this was supposed to happen it was his choice to kidnap the boy. Also, even after this curse, he went and got married and had a child, that was free will and that made his son cursed.
Oedipus is cursed now, but it was not his choice, it was his fate because of his father's choice. So he has to live with his cursed fate Oedipus is also known as the pawn of fate and the victim of free will. He is a pawn of fate because if his father chose to have a child, the child would be …show more content…
It is his fate,. Hhe doesn’t have a free will against it because of his father. He learns about his prophecy and tried to go against it, but he can't stop this curse. He starts to realize that it had come true in the end. He married his mother and killed his father and he cut his eyes out. He never thought it would happen but he had no free will against it because it is his fate.
In this play there are a lot of different examples of free will and fate. Most of them have to do with Oedipus. He had the choice not to risk his life to answer the sphinx's question. He had a free will to answer or not and he risked his life and saved the city. He could have gotten the answer wrong but he already had his fate set for him. He had a fate already and nothing could change his fate. He was destined to marry his mom and kill his dad. This was his fate. But he also had the free will to save the city, no matter what it wouldn't have changed his