Oedipus

Blind Sinner Whether we are born into a predestined life, or one with free will, is a question that boggles our minds. Similar to such a concept is the case in Sophocles' play, Oedipus Rex. An underlying question that lingers within this play tends to ask if fate dominates free? In the play, Oedipus' violent and incestuous acts gave him a name of a sinner, but at the same time his intentions were not evil, …

…actions were not plotted, rather negatively influenced by his stubborn personality. According to Freud there is no dual life, just one. If fate is written for each individually, it does not signify an absence of free will, for the deeds committed by Oedipus were purely those of his own. Considering that life is predetermined oppresses many minds, therefore free will becomes the only form of escape, which at the end leads you to your end.