Part one of term paper
Even though "fate" seems to determine ' life, he does, in fact, have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by fate. When heard a prophesy that his going to kill his father and sleep with his mother he ran away, ev ...

Part two of term paper
... did not say what I had gone to hear. Instead, he answered questions I had not asked and told of horror and misery beyond believe - how I would know my mothers bad … and cause the death of my own father." The prophecy drove the away from home; the terror of the predictions was too much to live with. tried everything not to meet the prophecy, and still when he came to Thebes and became a king married an older lady. It was his choice, even when he knew there was a danger of him to know mothers b ...