Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, is a tragedy that shows us no matter how much free will we have in controlling our lives fate is the inevitable determining factor in the end result.

... Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, is a tragedy that shows us no matter how much free will we have in controlling our lives fate is the inevitable determining factor in the end result. Oedipus was a victim of fate and there was no escaping his future. Even before Oedipus was born, the Gods had control of his destiny; an oracle told his biological father Laius, that his son would be his murderer and would marry his mother. Laius and his mother Jocasta abandoned him and left him for dead because of this prophecy. A Shepard found him and took him to Corinth and presented the baby to the childless King Polybus and Queen Merope, who adopted him and raised him as their own. Later on in Oedipus's life, a drunkard told him that he was not the true son of Merope and Polybus; Oedipus asked his adopted parents

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