FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex presents a gripping exploration of the entangled relationship between fate and free will. The desolate hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting fated course to unravel a murder that he unknowingly executed. Throughout the play, Sophocles crafts a narrative thread where Oedipus's every movement seems preordained by the gods.