Fate and Free Will in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' Oedpius Rex presents a gripping exploration of the entangled relationship between fate and free will. The desolate hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting fated course to expose a killing that he unknowingly executed. Throughout the play, Sophocles weaves a narrative thread where Oedipus's every movement seems preordained by the gods.