• ZEBA SIDDIQUI

The central theme of the Theban plays of Sophocles is the struggle between fate and free will. Unlike Euripides who partially believed in the existence of something such as free will, Sophocles believed in the traditional faith and believed that free will is nothing it is only fate which governs the life of the hapless humans. The dominant sense that one gets upon reading his plays is that man is just a plaything in the hands of the gods, or fate, or forces which are hidden from his sight and his understanding but which are nevertheless very strong and out of his control.

Theban Plays, Sophocles, Fate and free will

"Concept of Struggle between Fate and Free Will in the Theban Plays", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.965-968, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906D46.pdf

"Concept of Struggle between Fate and Free Will in the Theban Plays", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp965-968, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906D46.pdf