Oedipus Rex Fate Vs Free Will

In the play Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, Oedipus was fated to marry his mother and kill his father. In many ways, it was humanities attempt to prevent Oedipus’ fate from being true, his mother, his father, and the shepherd, and some may argue that it was those attempt to save him, that made him fall. In some cases, he was morally guil morally guiltty for his deed, but in others, it was an unlucky fate. He did kill his father, but he would not have killed anyone if he knew it was his father. He did not walk into his fate blindly, but he did not know. He also would not have married his mother when he did, so it was not y. It was not Oedipus' fault that he should have done what he did, but it was the fault of others, and the lack of care …show more content…
He was controlled by fate, forced into murdering his father, and in marrying his mother. He did not marry his mother on purpose; it was an inevitable resolution of Apollo. It would be immoral for he did not know it was his mother. He knows he did a wrongdoing, but it was not his fault. "I had to flee and in my banishment not even see my kindred, not even set foot in my own country, or otherwise my fate was to be yoked in marriage with my mother and kill my father" (Oedipus Rex 822-826). Here Oedipus realized his guilt, but he was not as guilty because to be morally guilty you have to know you did a wrongdoing and still do the wrongdoing; he married his mother as a result of the …show more content…
It was man's attempts to save him from his fate that helped fate to accomplish these deeds. If no one tried to help him be saved from his fate, he may not have ever done them. His parents should not have tried to have him killed, but if they saw to it themselves that, he was killed; he may have been able to avoid his fate because if he resigned to his fate and let it happen, it might not have actually ended up being true. If no one tried to help him avoid his fate, he would have had a less sinful, honorable life. "It was Apollo, friends, Apollo that brought this bitterness, my sorrows to completion, but the hand that struck me was none but my own" (Oedipus Rex 1329-1333). Oedipus realized he did the things he did, the things it was his own fault that he should do it. Throughout Oedipus' life, he though he was the son of the king and queen of a different city than his own. He was guided by the unclean misconception of his own life. If he knew what was going on in his life, he would have lived a better life, but he did not know what was wrong and what was right although what he did was not bad because he did not know it was wrong, but he considered himself guilty in many ways and punished himself for it. If he had anyone else lived his life with the knowledge of his wrongdoings he would be a sinner, but poor Oedipus was not guilty of anything except for a horrible