The god Apollo said to Oedipus “You are fated to couple with your mother, you will bring a breed of children into the light no man can bear to see-you will kill your father, the one who gave you life!” (The Norton Anthology of World Literature, pg. 638) Oedipus left the home of the parents he knew in order to prevent the fate as prophecies, this was the choice he made in order to prevent a tragedy, however, during his travels, Oedipus killed King Laius a stranger, unknown by Oedipus. In killing King Laius he had brought about one of the prophecies by his own freewill. Oedipus marriage to Jocasta, his mother was of free will and fate couple together due to the death of Jocasta’s husbands Laius. Creon in an attempt to solve the murder of King Laius and end the suffering of the plague that left the fields and women barren, Apollo demands the murder be solved. Teiresias the blind prophet speaks of Oedipus as the individual who caused the plague by the murder of King Laius. Jocasta upon learning of this and knowing of the fate predicted hangs herself. Oedipus once learning of the part he played in ensuring the prediction came true, blinds him self and requests to be banished from the city. In the examples given, free will was the deciding factor in the
The god Apollo said to Oedipus “You are fated to couple with your mother, you will bring a breed of children into the light no man can bear to see-you will kill your father, the one who gave you life!” (The Norton Anthology of World Literature, pg. 638) Oedipus left the home of the parents he knew in order to prevent the fate as prophecies, this was the choice he made in order to prevent a tragedy, however, during his travels, Oedipus killed King Laius a stranger, unknown by Oedipus. In killing King Laius he had brought about one of the prophecies by his own freewill. Oedipus marriage to Jocasta, his mother was of free will and fate couple together due to the death of Jocasta’s husbands Laius. Creon in an attempt to solve the murder of King Laius and end the suffering of the plague that left the fields and women barren, Apollo demands the murder be solved. Teiresias the blind prophet speaks of Oedipus as the individual who caused the plague by the murder of King Laius. Jocasta upon learning of this and knowing of the fate predicted hangs herself. Oedipus once learning of the part he played in ensuring the prediction came true, blinds him self and requests to be banished from the city. In the examples given, free will was the deciding factor in the