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 desolate hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting foreordained path to unravel a murder that he unknowingly executed. Throughout the play, Sophocles crafts a narrative line where Oedipus's every action seems preordained by the gods.