little choices to make in his life. Ibelieve that most of the events that happened to Oedipus were left to the hand of fate. Oedipuswas trying to escape his own fate by traveling a different way then what he had thought was hishometown. Fate is something that no human being can run from, no matter what they do orwhere they hide. This was a choice that Oedipus made, which added to the answer of whatOedipus’s character flaw was. Oedipus’s character flaw was that he was ignorant throughout hislife, he never saw things as what they really were, he only saw them as how he wanted to seethem. Fate is a element in life that can not be changed or be foretold. Oedipus had no way of changinghis own fate or anyway from running from it. People cannot change there fate, as much as theythink that they can. People, along with Oedipus believe that they can control there lives and thatfate plays no role in there lives. But people do not understand that control is an illusion and isnothing more then something for people to believe in so that they do not feel scared, while livingin this world that is based upon fate. People will always think that they control there lives evenno they do not. Freewill is also an illusion that is put out by society, people believe that societygives them choices but really everybody’s life is set up and is up to fate. The two conventions fate and freewill are not equal conventions in a tragic play. Fatepredominates freewill because fate controls freewill in life. In the story Oedipus Rex, Oedipus isdoomed to his fate, he tries to escape by using his own freewill but in the end he faces his fate.There was no way for Oedipus to escape his fate that was told to his parents. Oedipus led a very terrifying life but the hand of fate allowed Oedipus to die in peace. “HowOedipus has passed away no man shall ever tell”. A related factor to fate is luck and fortune,Oedipus was handed a bad fate but luck ...
