FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex presents a captivating exploration of the fraught relationship between fate and free will. The piteous hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting fated course to uncover a killing that he unknowingly executed. Throughout the play, Sophocles crafts a narrative sequence where Oedipus's every action seems preordained by the gods