Oedipus Rex

My World Civilization class requires me to write a review/response to an article about the history we learned about during the previous chapters. I picked to write about some of the literature from Ancient Greece and Rome. I found an article about Sophicles' Oedipus Rex, before I knew we were going to read it for English! The article was really interesting and insightful. It linked the use of fates within Oedipus Rex and Macbeth together. The article seemed to ask the same questions we asked in class about whether or not one could avoid their fate. The article also included references to books such as Crime and Punishment and the Road to Delphi. Similar references are made to fates in Plato's The Republic. It demonstrated how these characters also found their fate inevitable and the tragedies within their lives. It is so interesting to me how Sophocles of ancient Greece influences the writers of the future with his tragic work. This causes me personally to wonder, why such a reoccurring theme of fates? I think possibly the reason the writers seem so enamored with the idea of someone else really controlling their lives is because people don't want to have to make decisions. I watched Anastasia today, and when faced with the decision of where to go next she lets a little dog and magic sparkles lead her. Don't you wish our decisions were like that? What college should I go to? Well, the sparkles are leading me to the University of Mobile. While, we have the awesome opportunity to come before God and submit to His will and ask His guidance, many other people including these authors grapple with decisions and morality. Which decision is best and most beneficial? How would you decide that if you did not have Jesus guiding you?

:) For some reason I just really enjoy when my classes cross with similar information.

I wrote on Rebekah's Blog.