Purple Hibiscus Setting: Fate’s Web in Oedipus and Adichie’s Tale
Words: 1044 Pages: 3 1863Oedipus Rex: The Gods' Puppet and the Inevitability of Fate In both Oedipus Rex, a play by Sophocles, and the novel Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Adichie, Oedipus, and Kambili have no control over their own fate whatsoever. In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus has no control over his destiny as it is all being planned and executed by the gods who toy with his fate. In Purple Hibiscus, Kambili also has no control over her fate as she is also imprisoned by […]