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Freewill In Oedipus The King

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“There is no armour against fate.” JAMES SHIRLEY, The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. This quote is very powerful because it tells us that you can’t protect yourself from fate no matter what it’s bound to happen and yet you have no control. In Oedipus his whole destiny and life is based on fate he tries to run away from it but it still manages to catch him in the three cross roads. Oedipus has no freewill because even when he’s trying to make choices he still advancing his fate. His fate is unstoppable. Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. The definition specks to Oedipus because you had no control of his fate even though he’s a man of action that because fate is too powerful. …show more content…

Mariam father didn’t want to associate with his daughter likewise Laius left Oedipus because of the fate and because of the shame both parents had for their children. The outside has such a great influence on the certain actions taken by individuals. In Oedipus other characters like Shepard, Jocasta, and Tiresias have such a great role in proceeding the fate of Oedipus in destroying himself. The same goes for Mariam when characters like Rasheed, Laila, and Jalil. It’s not just character that influence fate it’s the environment like for example Oedipus was trying to defeat the sphinx and the plaque while Mariam was fighting war and terrorism. They differ because Oedipus finds out his fate while Mariam is just trying to live life no knowing what’s going to happen next. A thousand splendid suns responded more strongly to me because we live our life not knowing what’s going to happen next or what awaits us. As a women who believes in faith I don’t if I’ll be alive the next day or not while Oedipus it’s written for him and yet he knows. This topic of fate has being very controversial because people don’t know whether to believe it or not. Many religions believe that you have the free will to sin and that why you will punished in the afterlife while others believe its fate that gets you to

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