derer – never been branded Mother’s husband, all men see me now! Now Loathed by the god’s, son of the mother I defiled Coupling in my father’s bed, spawning lives in the loins That spawned my wretched life. What grief can crown this grief? It’s me alone, my destiny – I am Oedipus (1490 –1495) Oedipus accepting his fate knowing there was no way to avoid it he decides to punish himself. He thinks that death would be to easy a punishment and therefore he pokes out his eyes and exiles himself from the city. He becomes a blind wanderer of his own free will believing that this punishment is just and is his fate. Sophocles does a good job of portraying fate in this play. He gives us a glimpse of what life might have been like back during the time of the greeks. This also shows us that many of the things that are in the world today such as incest are not new ideas but old ones that have been around for a long time. Sophocles play must have been highly controversial back during his time as it is highly controversial during our time.The play shows views on fate the way that the greeks saw it and for the most part most of the ideals in the play do not hold today as there is not much emphasis on fate these days. ...
