Prophecy

to find out if he was adopted by Polybus and what he got was a dreadful prophecy bestowed unto him. As he was delivered the prophecy from the oracle “To lie with my mother and beget children men’s eyes would not bear the sight of - and to be the killer of the father that gave me life. I ran away.” This shows how Oedipus runs away from prophecy and is behaving like he is above the gods. If Oedipus didn’t run away the prophecy wouldn’t have come true and his over-confidence was the Oedipus trait…

scottish play”. The Witches spells and incantations in the play is rumored to be true. True or not, Macbeth’s actions was more than just a spell. The downfall of Macbeth is caused by several events that occurred in his life, although the witches prophecies planted the initial predictions and Lady Macbeth's ambitions convinced Macbeth to murder Duncan, Macbeth's free will and decisions is responsible for his own downfall leading to his death. The three witches known as the “Weird Sisters” was…

The death of Macbeth is the end of everything Macbeth achieved in his lifetime as well as the end of his ambition. Would this scene has occurred if not for the prophecy? Probably not, if not for the fate laid out by the three witches, Macbeth most likely would not have taken the steps he took to reach the crown. Sadly, the prophecy was told and Macbeth made his own consciousness steps in accordance with how he believed he would reach the kingship. This specific frame though is comprised of the…

ruins himself by his own wicked and selfish ambitions. Macbeth was told by the witch’s three prophecies which were thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, and soon to be king of Scotland. After the second prophecy came true Macbeth made becoming king of Scotland his priority. In particular, this is shown when Macbeth killed Duncan because he and his wife decided that if they do so Macbeth would fulfill the last prophecy and achieve his ambition.…

problems untila prophecy was revealed by the witches…

know what to do next, they would look at the foretold prophecies. Being able to look at prophecies diminishes the idea of free will since it allows an individual to be able to see the future, and prophecies are supposed to "written in stone" meaning that they don't change. Unless of course there was a way to read the prophecies while they're updating, but even then there would still be some kind of endless loop of having to rely on the prophecies. Throughout, the Old…

through prophecies, the fighting of prophecy, and the control the Fates have over the universe. The most prominent way existentialism is involved in Greek mythology is how it is not. Existentialism revolves around free-will, but prophecies in Greek myths show that’s not possible. Every word an oracle utters is set in stone. Nothing a god or human can do will change this. Even when a hero like Jason is sent to his death, or the inexperienced gods face the all-powerful Titans, what the…

possibility of the worst case scenario. In Oedipus Rex, a large part of the play is focused on prophecies, where fate is inevitable. Oedipus had a hunger for the truth and was loyal to the people of Thebes. These characteristics reveal something other than fate, which is what made the play interesting from beginning to end: the power of having free will. Is Oedipus being controlled by the commands of the prophecy, or does Oedipus have a decision in how he meets his fate? There is always going to…

gave him a sense of security, determination, and confirmation that he was going to rise to the top. The prophecies brought out the evil characteristics in Macbeth, such as ambition and greed, that gave him the drive to ensure everything that was predicted happened. The love of power was greater than his fear of threats--this is why he murdered anyone who could potentially prevent the prophecies from taking place. Without the witches, he never would have gotten the idea of being king. Macbeth was…

beginning of Macbeth there were three witches that appeared and told Banquo and Macbeth prophecies of their future. When the witches told Macbeth his prophecy they said he would become king. However when they told Banquo’s prophecy they revealed that his children would also become rulers. Due to the witches telling them these prophecies there were some bloody events; another thing that came from the prophecies was some truth. Later on, after Macbeth had become king and some blood was shed,…