Blog #6: Freewill or Destiny?

Oedipus the King have the freewill to change his fate. From the very beginning, Oedipus has already known about his destiny that the gods planned for him. He tried to run away from it and avoid it in many ways he can, but he did not try hard enough. Oedipus was told by the prophet of what will happen to him. Oedipus is destined to murder his father, King Laius and marry his mother, Queen Teiresias. He knew what he was destined to do. Yet, he did not try hard enough to avoid it. If he knew he was going to murder his father, he should had avoid murdering anyone at all. If he knew he was going to marry his mother, he should have never married or have children with a woman that is older than him. There are many rules he could have created for himself inorder to avoid the curse that is placed on him, but he did not. Oedipus is too full of himself. Oedipus could have avoided his god-assigned destiny. When he met his father unknowningly, he shouldn't have murdered him. He could have given the man a good beating instead of taking away the man's life. From the moment Oedipus murdered a man, he had already chose his destiny over his freewill.