Berk Kaynak
140216086
Res. Assist. Özge Özkan
ING 1104 Research and Composition Skills II
16.06.2015
Fate, Free Will and Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King is play presented in Ancient Greek, by Sophocles. Play is about a prophecy that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother, which are extremely forbidden in Greek society. Some say it is the free will of Oedipus' that fulfilled the prophecy, some say it is the fate because you can not change something is given from greater than you. Free will is the ability to make choices without someone's intervention or constraint. Fate is a predetermined thing which only can be changed by greater ones, in a word gods. In fact this is …show more content…
He is trying to escape from his fate with all his free will but the fate will be there when he need it least. He moves on after he killed is father unconsciously and come across with the undefeatable Sphinx which is a monster that asks a riddle and if that person cant solve the riddle Sphinx eats them. Oedipus solves riddle and Sphinx jumps off the hill and kills itself. I can not interpret this with free will because he had no idea of coming across with such a thing, yet it happened to be he succeeded at there and again fate did not let him down. He defeated Sphinx and people of Thebes made him their saviour and he finally carried out the prophecy and married with his mother the Queen Jocasta. After he became King of Thebes, a plague happened to outbreak. Their children become sick, and they had to see a prophet in order to seek help to save the people and their children. Prophet told them that someone who killed the King Lauis is the reason for this outbreak, Oedipus force him to tell who is that man and prophet Tiresias revealed that man is Oedipus himself. Oedipus objected that how could it be him, accused him with lying and Tiresias responded with these lines '' True, it is not your fate to fall at my hands. Apollo is quite enough, and he will take some pains to work this out'' (Sophocles 428-430). Tiresias states that prophecy and deciding what …show more content…
Of course he keep searching with his free will but we can not compare it because prophecy does not include such words like he will carve his eyes when he finds out everything. It is general will of Oedipus's that makes him ambitious. Jocasta warns him about consequences of this pursuit of satisfaction. She realizes that after those implications that someone lesser from those greater can not change anything especially something is given by them. We at least, I can not say it is free will because there are a lot implications that fate is the work of gods which you can not break with your own will. If you intervene the divine choice, it will cost you more than you
140216086
Res. Assist. Özge Özkan
ING 1104 Research and Composition Skills II
16.06.2015
Fate, Free Will and Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King is play presented in Ancient Greek, by Sophocles. Play is about a prophecy that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother, which are extremely forbidden in Greek society. Some say it is the free will of Oedipus' that fulfilled the prophecy, some say it is the fate because you can not change something is given from greater than you. Free will is the ability to make choices without someone's intervention or constraint. Fate is a predetermined thing which only can be changed by greater ones, in a word gods. In fact this is …show more content…
He is trying to escape from his fate with all his free will but the fate will be there when he need it least. He moves on after he killed is father unconsciously and come across with the undefeatable Sphinx which is a monster that asks a riddle and if that person cant solve the riddle Sphinx eats them. Oedipus solves riddle and Sphinx jumps off the hill and kills itself. I can not interpret this with free will because he had no idea of coming across with such a thing, yet it happened to be he succeeded at there and again fate did not let him down. He defeated Sphinx and people of Thebes made him their saviour and he finally carried out the prophecy and married with his mother the Queen Jocasta. After he became King of Thebes, a plague happened to outbreak. Their children become sick, and they had to see a prophet in order to seek help to save the people and their children. Prophet told them that someone who killed the King Lauis is the reason for this outbreak, Oedipus force him to tell who is that man and prophet Tiresias revealed that man is Oedipus himself. Oedipus objected that how could it be him, accused him with lying and Tiresias responded with these lines '' True, it is not your fate to fall at my hands. Apollo is quite enough, and he will take some pains to work this out'' (Sophocles 428-430). Tiresias states that prophecy and deciding what …show more content…
Of course he keep searching with his free will but we can not compare it because prophecy does not include such words like he will carve his eyes when he finds out everything. It is general will of Oedipus's that makes him ambitious. Jocasta warns him about consequences of this pursuit of satisfaction. She realizes that after those implications that someone lesser from those greater can not change anything especially something is given by them. We at least, I can not say it is free will because there are a lot implications that fate is the work of gods which you can not break with your own will. If you intervene the divine choice, it will cost you more than you