Fate and Free Will in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex presents a intriguing exploration of the entangled relationship between fate and free will. The desolate hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting foreordained path to uncover a murder that he unknowingly perpetrated. Throughout the play, Sophocles weaves a narrative line where Oedipus's every deed seems preordained by the g