He could have waited for the plague to end, but out of empathy for his people he sent Creon to search for a solution. ... It is important to note that Oedipus exercised his final act of free will in Thebes to show the influence free will has in shaping ones fate. ...

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Teiresias continues by telling Creon that, "It is you- your high resolve that sets this plague on Thebes" (1124-1125). ... It is interesting to note that even in today's society, men are threatened by the same actions of women that they were hundreds of years ago. ...

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