King Laius went to the oracle to learn he would die at the hands of his son. So, he tempted fate and left his son to die. If you lived back then, would you go to the oracle to learn your future? Would you want to know of evil that may come your way? Why?
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If I lived back then, I wouldn't go to the oracle to learn my future. King Laius died because of his selfishness of thinking he could change the future. If he hadn't gone to the oracle, he never would have left his son to die, and his son never would have killed him unless he got really, unrealistically angry at him. I would have just let everything happen as it did. I like to live in the moment. If you're looking ahead for the future, you can never really appreciate life.
ReplyDeleteIf I lived in the time of King Laius, I would go to the oracle. I'm not sure that I would follow it if it was really bad, such as my son killing me. But I would want to know my future to try and stop it. If the prediction was inevitable, I would want to make the most of my time before it were to happen. If the oracle predicted that I was going to die at a certain time, I would want to say my goodbies to everyone and try to live as well as possible before it happened. If a great evil were to come my way, I would want to know before hand.
ReplyDeleteIn The Oedipus Cycle, it seemed that no matter what King Laios or Oedipus did, their destinies were sealed. If this were always true, I don't think I would go to an oracle to learn my future because if it's bad, there is nothing I can do about it. If I know that evil is going to befall me, I may be less surprised when it does, but I can't prevent it. So, I wouldn't want to know my future. I won't be preoccupied by events that I can't change. Then, I can just live my life without worrying about my fate.
ReplyDeleteIf i lived in the time of King Laius, I would not go to the oracle. My life is already set in stone and if I were to know of the evil about to come, there would be nothing for me to do about it. Seeing the oracle would just be torture knowing my future to come. I would just live my life and expect the unexpected. If I knew what was to come I would try to dodge it but in the end you would just be following your fate. Seeing the oracle would not be of help to me it would just leave me to the suspense of when and where.
ReplyDeleteIf I were to have lived back then I don't think I would go to the oracle to learn my fate. I believe that everything happens for a reason. Every obstacle that is thrown your way, is only helping you get stronger. By living in the moment you find yourself and learn how to cope with difficult situations. When King Laius learned his fate he only thought of himself and tried to runaway from his problem. I'm not the type to runaway from my problems, I face them. I fear if I were to know my future that I would try to change it or run from it.
ReplyDeleteIf I had lived during that time period, I would most likely have gone to the oracle. I say this because although I might not like what I hear, I could still be prepared for it. If he had told me that I was going to die at the hands of my son, I would have first avoided having children in the first place. If that had failed, I wouldn't leave him, but wait and see if the oracle was right. If deserting the child didn't work for king Laius, then it probably won’t work for me. In the end, there is no point in trying to cheat death; it will always catch up to you in the end.
ReplyDeleteIf I lived back then i would not want to go to the oracle. What i find out from the oracle would happen one way or another and I couldn't do anything to stop it. If I knew my future, I would, unsuccessfully, spend my whole life trying to avoid it. It is much more important to live each day to the fullest and let fate come as it does. I like to live int he moment and not obsess over what life has in store for me. I would not want my decisions based on the information that i had received. it would not be worth knowing my fate.
ReplyDeleteIf I had live during that time period and been in King Laius's position I most likely wouldn't of gone to the oracle. In my opinion I believe things happen for a reason, and sometimes fate and make those things happen. If I had gone to the oracle then i would know the evil coming my way, but knowing that i wouldn't go I could of just took the evil when it came to me, instead of worrying about it the whole time. I also would not want to know what evil would come to my son and if i went i probably couldn't take it. The oracle would on given me the future's knowing the future would kind of ruin it for me, I personally like not knowing the future, and so I would not go to the oracle in the end.
ReplyDeleteIf I were to live back when King Laius lived, I would not go and visit the oracle to learn my future. Part of life is the surprises that await you, good or bad, so finding out how my life would unfold would ruin that for me. Fate knows what they’re doing, if I were to go out of my way to avoid something the oracle has said would happen I may just end up messing up my fate more, just like King Laius did. I wouldn’t want my whole life to be a constant countdown knowing when and where I will die. I would constantly be worrying and wouldn’t be able to truly enjoy life to its fullest. As well if whatever the oracle had predicted were to be false I would have lived my whole life differently then I would otherwise for nothing. I would want to live my life day by day and not live for the future that awaits me.
ReplyDeleteIf i lived in the time of King Laius, I would go to the oracle. I would want to know my future and any danger I may face. It would benefit me to know my future because I could try to make changes in it. I could possibly get out of danger. If i didn't like my time of death or the way I die then I would try to make changes. However, if there was no way of changing it I would want to be able to spend a lot of time with the ones I love. Knowing my time of death would be a key factor to spending my time wisely. If the oracle told me I would die at the hands of my son, I would believe her. I don't know if I would be capable of deserting my own child. Instead I think I would try to have a good relationship with my son and care for him. Then hopefully, the future would change.
ReplyDeleteIf I was alive in King Laius's time, I would want to go to the oracle to learn my fate. I would want to know how I would die, so I wouldn't have a horrible death that came out of nowhere. Laius tried to change his fate, which ended up exactly as predicted. I would instead try to make the most of my time on Earth instead of spending my days unhappy trying to control fate. Perhaps the gods would see my trust in their decision and even reward me in some way. Going to the oracle would be the best plan to live a worthwhile life.
ReplyDeleteIf I lived in King Laius' time, I would not want to go to the oracle to determine my fate. If King Laius had never visited the oracle, he would have never left his son and could have avoided his own death. If I did go to the oracle and learned that something bad would happen, I would live my life in terror, afraid of what could be coming my way. If I had learned that a good thing would happen, I would try to make it happen soon, and when it did, I wouldn't be excited for it and it wouldn't have been worth it anymore. Also, If I tried to change my future, it could effect other things that could happen later in my life. I would not want to know of any evil coming my way because it would effect the way I would live my life. Sometimes it's better to let the future take it's course and battle any obstacles that come your way when they get to you. I want to live life with no worries, being able to appreciate it.
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