The
philosophical debate between free will and determinism is also relevant here. Do we have the
freedom to make our own decisions and choices in life or are they determined for us in advance?
The question is of particular importance in relation tobecause he lives in a time when just
about everyone believes that the gods regularly intervene in human affairs. By the standards of
the day Oedipus is certainly guilty of , or overweening pride, in
attempting to defy the prophecies of the Delphic Oracle. The implication here is that everything
that happens in our lives is determined by fate, and that any attempt to defy that fate will
inevitably end in disaster.
Yet at the same time, Oedipus is only human. He
is a king, a very important individual who needs to impose himself on the world around him. Of
necessity he must be a dynamic character; he must make things happen rather than allow things to
happen to him. He can't just go through life passively accepting everything that...
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