Part one of term paper
Fate is an issue that is mentioned in almost every religion. The majority of people living since the beginning of time up until the present have had a some sort of opinion on the subject. Oedipus Rex is a story that is held together by the fact that fate is more powerful than anyone's free will. On this strong basis of fate, free will does ...

Part two of term paper
... 5). This statement is almost eerie when looking back upon it. Alone, it seems as if he knows that he is ill fated, but reading on he clarifies his pain in this way; "Each of you suffers in himself alone/His anguish, not another's; but my spirit/Groans for the city, for myself, for you" (Sophocles 5). His pain is not his future; it is the plague of the country. The same basic prophecy of Oedipus is proven in many characters. No matter how many times a specific character tried to play off fate an ...