... where different choices are still possible. In Oedipus the king, the crossroads is part of the distant past, dimly remembered, and Oedipus was not aware at the time that he was making a fateful decision (Murray 59). In this play, the crossroads symbolize fate and the awesome power of prophecy rather than free will. Oedipus' unyielding desire to uncover the truth about Laius' murder and the mystery surrounding his own birth led him ... 's pleading. For it is in his own vain that he must solve the final riddle of his own life. At the end of this tragic story, when Oedipus gouges out his ey...

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