OEDIPUS REX There are those in the world that will have you believe that fate controls the lives of all of us. Still, there are those who insist that each individual has complete control over there own lives; a free will over there own destinies. Oedipus attempts to dodge his fate and change his life for the better, an act that has the reverse effect. According to the prophecies, Oedipus would be born to Laius …showed first 75 words of 882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 882 total…he is sightless. Fate is a powerful thing, and Sophocles illustrates this in his tales of Oedipus. Fate is the inevitable truth that all men must face. Free will is the destructive nature that leads us into our own fates all the more sooner. If free will had any effect, Oedipus would have been successful in his endeavor to escape his disgusting destiny. Fate has and always will be the determining factor in our lives.