Knowledge Brings Sorrow

Knowledge Brings Sorrow Fate vs. Free Will The themes of fate versus take over will and have intercourseledge brings wo argon present through issue the dissemble Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles. Fate and save will ar antitheses of each other, full as companionship and sorrow are. Many years before Oedipus began his trip to Thebes, his fuss, King Laius, heard a presage saying that his tidings would pour down him (65). In order to prevent this from happening, Laius had the baby abandoned, and had his feet bound together with a nail for extra precaution.Since prophecies unremarkably turned out to be true, this is an theoretical account of how Laius tried to escape his fate. However, he didnt know that Oedipus survived. On his way to Thebes, Oedipus ran into Laius on the road, not shrewd he was his father. He ended up killing him, beneficial as the fortune telling verbalise. The prophecy also said that Oedipus would marry his mother. You can infer that fate yet again fulfil ls its role, and the prophecy kick the buckets true after Oedipus kills his father and continues to Thebes. Just as Oedipus didnt know that Laius was his father, he didnt know that Jocasta was his mother.He became the new king of Thebes because he married Jocasta (65). Throughout the play, Oedipus believes that all of his actions are based on free will, not fate. He doesnt find out that he killed his father and married his mother until awhile after it happened. Everything that happens to Oedipus is really his fate. Once Jocasta and Oedipus Strineka 2 realize they are mother and son, Jocasta kills herself. Here, fate plays another role. Free will really isnt present in this play. Everything that happens is due to fate.As Amit Sodha said, in all events are fated in some way. This is also where knowledge brings sorrow comes into play. Because Jocasta and Oedipus found out that they were mother and son, Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus gouges out his eyes. They do not wish to accep t the fact that they were mother and son and married. Sodha also said The get at with fate is that it can leave you with a feeling of helplessness. Its writ large that Oedipus and Jocasta definitely felt helpless in their situation. Although the prophecy said nobody about Oedipus killing himself, it said hat he would kill his parents. He didnt kill Jocasta himself, but the reason she killed herself in the first stupefy was because of Oedipus and their marriage. This is a good example of how some things are better mangle left unknown. In this situation, knowing everything was obviously not such a good idea. People wouldnt want to know every hotshot detail if things were said clearly, and not in such an ambiguous manner. When things are said so that they could possibly have multiple meanings, mountain become curious to figure out what is actually meant.The outcome of figuring out meanings could be good or bad. Just like the saying quirkiness killed the cat, curiosity killed L aius, Jocasta, and Oedipus, and placed a curse on their whole family. In the play, fate triumphs over free will, and knowledge definitely brings sorrow. Its humorous that fate triumphs over free will and knowledge brings sorrow because virtually people do things without thinking that its part of their fate, and you would think that knowing more would enlighten you rather than bringing you grief and sorrow.In reality, people who are generally smarter and have more knowledge are commonly the ones who are most successful in life, and being successful is usually associated with having a good life and being happy. Strineka 3 However, it makes more maven that people who are more aware of life and their surroundings are the ones who feel sorrow and grief. Theyre the ones who know what life is really like. They date the flaws of the world and how careless and ignorant people can be. It is possible for knowledge to limit the lives of people, because those who know what is going on often try to transmit things so the outcome will hopefully be different.For example, if someone had a serious illness but didnt know about it, they would go on living their life normally without any worry. But if this individual knew about the illness, they would probably live their life worrying about whats going to happen to them. In Oedipus, Laius worries about whether or not the prophecy that his son would kill him will come true. He takes ridiculous actions just to prevent it from happening, but he ends up being killed by his son anyways due to his fate.