In Oedipus the king, Oedipus did not know about the fate at first. When he notices the gate, he could not accept. (6) Yet, through what he had gone through when he was outside of Thebes, Oedipus acknowledged the importance of fate in his life in Oedipus at Colonus. Although Oedipus made some changes, his physical old had already happened. This is the reality when people get old, just as Sophocles. Because elderly people had more experiences compare to youth, they know what should do and what should not do. Meanwhile, the decline of their bodies is unchangeable. This means that what they can do is being limited. Sophocles created a character, Oedipus, that gave audiences idea about what may people be like when we get old by using the theme of old
In Oedipus the king, Oedipus did not know about the fate at first. When he notices the gate, he could not accept. (6) Yet, through what he had gone through when he was outside of Thebes, Oedipus acknowledged the importance of fate in his life in Oedipus at Colonus. Although Oedipus made some changes, his physical old had already happened. This is the reality when people get old, just as Sophocles. Because elderly people had more experiences compare to youth, they know what should do and what should not do. Meanwhile, the decline of their bodies is unchangeable. This means that what they can do is being limited. Sophocles created a character, Oedipus, that gave audiences idea about what may people be like when we get old by using the theme of old