Oedipus Vs Dead Again Analysis

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The battle of fact versus coincidence has been around since long before any of us were born. Believers argue that everything in life has brought them to their present situation while skeptics may be more reluctant to give into the notion of a predetermined fate. However, everyone questions whether or not fate might actually be true at least once in their life. At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus did not believe in fate. He thought he could escape his destiny by running away from Corinth after he discovered it was his fate to kill his father and marry his mother. Mike Church, the private detective in the movie Dead Again, is called to a catholic orphanage to assist in finding an amnesiac's family. Unknown to Oedipus and Mike, this would be the start of what both men were destined to do. Stories like Oedipus the King and Dead Again both illustrate the irony of mans struggle with predetermined fate through the eyes of a skeptic. In both stories, the men believe they are just going about their day. Neither knew that their actions were …show more content…

In Oedipus the King, as soon as Oedipus believed he could escape his prophecy is when fate was set. He started the story as a nonbeliever, only to have that notion shattered when he realized what he had unknowingly done. Likewise, Mike would not believe that he was somehow involved with the past lives of Margaret and Roman Strauss, but as fate would have it, in a fit of anger leads him to discovering who he truly was many years ago, and now he cannot deny his fate. Both Mike and Oedipus struggled with coming to terms with their predetermined fate. The irony that brings them both to the final realization, the realization that no matter what they do their fate cannot be escaped, is what truly intertwines Oedipus the King and Dead

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