Laius

In a speech by Paulo Coelho, he stated, “I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed” (Fate Quotes). This shows the idea of fate vs free will. It demonstrations how ones fate is controlled by God, but one has the choice to determine how they will react to his or her own fate. In Sophocles writings of Oedipus the…

he could somehow end this plague. Oedipus sent his brother in-law Creon to the Oracle of Delphi to get help from Apollo. Later Creon comes back and reports that the oracle said,“ Find for me the king’s murderer.” Oedipus seeks info about who killed Laius, so Oedipus welcomes prophet Tiresias to the palace. Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the wound, the cause of the plague in Thebes. Oedipus doesn't believe this nonsense and responds by saying…

act of blinding himself symbolizes a much larger and significant theme. Being a significant event in the play, Oedipus’ act of blinding himself symbolizes his encounter with the truth. Prior to blinding himself, Oedipus was looking for the killer of Laius, the last King of Thebes. To search for the killer, Oedipus questioned and interrogated many characters. One such character that Oedipus interrogated was Tiresias, a blind prophet. Oedipus’ arrogance prevents him from taking…

In the Oedipus the king play irreverence is reflected toward the gods. Many of the characters are indifferent about them and push their prophecies aside. They would try to change their fate but end up suffering and with the prophecy that they dreaded coming true. Many say that the play is a warning about the gods and how we are great, but the gods are greater, but could have Sophocles really been trying to show us his dislike towards the gods? He shows us what the gods are truly like and how…

Oedipus Rex, a tragic hero crushed because of his hamartia, was not a perfect man by any means. He had all he wanted, but by the end of the story everything he thought was true turned out to be untrue. Although Oedipus considered fate to be real, he had more confidence in his own knowledge and achievements to control his future. Also, Oedipus’ dependence on himself made his purpose and insight the best way to establish all of his decisions. Oedipus was very short tempered and tended to get…

presents the true evil of man is incorrect because every unjust measure taken had moral reason behind it. What the other team covers is the mere surface of what happened; they did not dig deep and look at the case in its entirety. Though the death of Laius and Jocasta was Oedipus’ fault directly, it wasn’t in the situation as a whole. As was said earlier, it was prophesied. From the start, Oedipus tries his best to save his town, all out of the good of his heart. Any amoral ruler could have kept…

emotions when he saw that he was being kept as a servant to Assef who has raped Hassan in their childhood. Similarly, Oedipus’ mother and wife, Jocasta, was flooded with emotions when she found out who Oedipus really was. He had killed his father, King Laius, and married his mother, Queen…

By him solving the case of the murder of the former king, Laius; he will feel superior. To contribute to my previous statement, in the story Oedipus says “And justly you will see in me an ally, a champion of my country and the God” (Sophocles). This quote from the story shows how he believes that if he achieves…

He proves this by purposely blinding himself after finding the truth that he in fact was the one who murdered Laius and married his mother. He is so ashamed he blinds himself on his mother 's death bed. “How could I meet my father from beyond the grave/ with seeing eyes; or my unhappy mother/ Against whom I have committed such heinous sin./ As no mere death could…

The Odyssey and Oedipus the King Destiny, it is either an inescapable fate or driving force that shapes the character of a person. It is the main defining point that dictates the rest of a person’s life, seemingly able to drive a person to whatever they desire as quickly as it could take it away. In the ancient Greek culture, the writers illustrated the gods as power supernatural beings that had the control of the people’s fates. An example of the many faces destiny can hold can be shown in a…