FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Edipus Rex presents a intriguing exploration of the fraught relationship between fate and free will. The piteous hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting fated course to uncover a murder that he unknowingly perpetrated. Throughout the play, Sophocles crafts a narrative sequence where Oedipus's every movement seems preordained by the go