FATE AND FREE WILL IN SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex presents a gripping exploration of the fraught relationship between fate and free will. The piteous hero, Oedipus, is driven by an unrelenting foreordained path to uncover a homicide that he unknowingly perpetrated. Throughout the play, Sophocles weaves a narrative line where Oedipus's every movement seems preordained by the