Oedipus

Many people be resideve that every human world has a component, or pre-determined path of spirit that cannot be avoided. However, others bear that every occurrence in ones life is decided by the choices one makes, and that destiny does not exist. In Sophecles Oedipus the King, Oedipus has been cursed to marry his mother and to eat his flummox. Despite incalculable attempts by Oedipus and his parents to redirect his destiny, Oedipus ends up murdering his father and marrying his mother. No outcome what one does or chooses to do in life, ones destiny cannot be escaped.
One example of an inescapable destiny is when Oedipus does not die as an infant. Apollos oracle prophesized that Oedipus would lie with my own mother and take on my hands the rootage of my own father. (Sophecles, 459, Lines 1087-1088). Oedipus parents feared the prophecy, so they …pierced and fettered, (460, lines 1128-1129) his ankles and gave him to one of Laius sheepmans. They told the shepherd to kill Oedipus in attempt to prevent the prophecy from coming true. The shepherd pitied Oedipus and gave him to Merope, the wife of Polybus, who was the king of Corinth. They took Oedipus as their own child, sparing his life.



as yet though Oedipus parents tried to have him killed, Oedipus did not perish because had he died, his destiny would not have been fulfilled.
Another example is when Oedipus kills his father. In effort to avoid completing the prophecy, Oedipus left his supposed parents and fled from Corinth. He gets into an argument with a charioteer and kills him, along with the rest of the riders. One of the riders who had been killed was Laius, Oedipus father and King of Thebes at the time. One reason Oedipus fled from Corinth was to get out from his supposed father to reduce the chance of killing him. Oedipus enkindle and carelessness caused him to kill his father Laius, fulfilling part of his destiny. During the investigation to project Laius assassin, Oedipus is suspicious that he could have been...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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