Paradox

As I sit writing my essay on the two famous plays "Oedipus," and "Hamlet" I find myself theorizing on the great debate of fate and freewill--the two, allegedly, cannot coexist. If you are in complete control of your actions, and your actions lead to an end that someone, or something else, has chosen, then didn't the other person/thing ultimately control you? In my opinion if you choose your actions, you choose them. You make the "means" whether or not someone has prepared an "end."

I have actually pondered quite a bit over fate and freewill throughout the semester--it was a subject that my (awesome) English teacher presented to my class right at the beginning of it. It seems that the paradox exists in real life, which, yes I know (TRUST ME I KNOW), is not supposed to exist at all (this whole sentence in itself is a paradox.... humorous). But I have come to a theory, that in the "real world," every single person's personal freewill is counterbalancing each others', which is in turn creating fate--instances in which people cannot personally control. In fact the only way that someone could have complete control of their own environment would to be a hermit; they couldn't be in a situation where they could be affected by other people at all. No family, no work, and no school (this applies to both students and teachers). Of course, even if one completely detaches oneself from other people, there is still the weather to reckon with.

I believe there will always be a little "fate" in the "mix" of life--to me there are no absolutes. Though, I still believe that you can have more control over your life than not, and that one is only a complete victim by one's own choice.

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