HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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The power of the gods over one’s destiny.
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The role & power of one’s fate.
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The role of an individual’s free will.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did Sophocles want readers/audiences to question/consider? The power of the gods over one’s destiny.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Sophocles choose to structure his story around someone as powerful as a king rather than a common man? To show that anyone, regardless of the power they hold, may crumble.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tale of Oedipus begs the question: does man have power of his fate? The use of the classic archetype, the tragic hero, helps cement this answer to this question.
Detailed explanation-4: -Free Will. Fate versus free will is the central theme of the play. The story revolves around Oedipus’ attempt to use his own free will to escape the prophecy given to him by the Oracle of Delphi. The oracle prophesied that Oedipus’ fate was to marry his mother and kill his father.