FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Oedpius Rex presents a gripping exploration of the complex relationship between fate and free will. The piteous hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting foreordained path to expose a homicide that he unknowingly committed. Throughout the play, Sophocles constructs a narrative sequence where Oedipus's every deed seems preordained by the