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What example in oedipus rex represents the theme of loss of identity

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A major theme in Oedipus Rex is that the gods, not individual human beings, determine an individual's fate—the idea of fate versus free will. No matter what Oedipus or anybody else does, no matter how much free will Oedipus exercises (or thinks he does), he can't escape his fate.
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