Question: fate and free will in oedipus rex?
Answer: In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, the theme of fate versus free will appears often throughout the play. ... Their attempt to assert their free will is foiled when fate intervenes, in the form of the “good will” of a Shepherd who spares the infant's life. Jocasta and Laius attempt to get rid of their son but fate triumphs.