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Oedipus: Fate Is Unavoidable
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No matter what anyone tries, no matter what anyone does, no matter what
anyone believes they have accomplished, they have not controlled fate. Fate is
uncontrollable. Much like betting on a ³sure thing² and knowing in the back of
your mind th .... Middle of Term Paper
... realities, deception: all a result of Oedipus knowing
too much and at the same time too little of his true lot in life. Knowledge was
what nurtured him into false pretenses. Knowledge was a false pretense. By
knowing that his parents were out of harms way, namely his, he knew that his
prophecy would not come true. He knew that as long as his father was still
alive and he was married to a woman not even related to his mother, he would not
bear the offspring that ³men would shudder to look upon.² It was the epitome of
irony for Oedipus to know his fate, and try to avoid it with the ³knowledge²
that he had obtained: "My father was Polybu ... |
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