Free Will In Sophocles Oedipus The King

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In Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles and translated by Robert Fagles, there is a prophecy that Oedipus will marry his own mother and kill his father. Queen Jocasta and King Laius try to avoid this prophecy by abandoning Oedipus. Oedipus lives and hears the same prophecy as a young adult and leaves his adopted parents, who he thinks are his biological parents. In the end, Oedipus marries his mom and killed his dad, proving the prophecy to become true. In Oedipus the King, free will exists but the outcome of the free will, will always be prophecy. Oedipus tries to avoid the prophecy that he hears. Oedipus heard Apollo say “You are fated to couple with your mother, you will bring a breed of children into the light no man can