By: Ahmad Mokhlis B Inngam 144509
Do you still remember my blog entitled Teiresias, the blind prophet? He is one of the characters in the play ‘Oedipus Rex’. Well this time I want to blog about the story.
The story starts when Teirisias tells about the oracle to Oedipus. The content of the Oracles are; 1) a son will kill his father, 2) then he will marry his mother 3) he is the reason the plague starts. Who would have thought about this story could happened. Most of us know, a man marry his mother, when this incident happens, it will cause uproar. Well, it sure causes uproar as it disturbs the life of Oedipus, and causes his wife (mother) to commit suicide.
And his attempts to reveal the past make his life miserable because he is the culprit. Yet I pity Oedipus because his intention is to stop the plague but he is the tragedy.
The story make me think, will my future affect because what have I done during the past? In Buddhism and Hinduism, they believe in incarnation, which means they will have second chance. However, they must be good to incarnate in better form. If not they will incarnate into useless things such as cockroach. But in my beliefs, the next life will be after the judgment day, the day the God will count our deeds, then whether to heaven or hell.
Looking from other perspective, reading this story make me want to be a better person and trying to avoid be a bad person. However, what if fate is stronger than will? Will I be like Oedipus? Will my life become a tragedy? Who knows what will happens in future…
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