Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex was written during the Greek era, at which time, it was a strong belief of the Greeks that one’s life was fated by the gods. Thus, the Greeks assumed that fate denied one’s use of free will. However, there were those who doubted the authority of the gods, and therefore the relevance of fate in their lives. In answer to this, Sophocles, a true believer in Greek lore, composed Oedipus Rex to present the helplessness of humanity when confronted by the gods through Oedipus, the tragic…
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