FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Oedpius Rex presents a intriguing exploration of the entangled relationship between fate and free will. The piteous hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting fated course to expose a murder that he unknowingly committed. Throughout the play, Sophocles constructs a narrative line where Oedipus's every deed seems preordained by the gods.