The first ode in Sophocles’ “Antigone” contains analogies that represent the paradoxical relationship between fate and free-will. The relationship that these two ideas have can be interpreted differently; yet, it is always possible to say that it is your fate to believe in free-will and go against your fate. One of the more evident phrases/verses clearly shows how the amalgamation of the two can be formed; the chorus recites, "the stormy gray area," in …showed first 75 words of 783 total…

…showed last 75 words of 783 total…exist in the human form. Not even Methuselah could escape this fate. Some may argue that they can exist in a different form, even after biological death, such as Picasso through his paintings and Einstein through his theories and intelligence. The ideas of fate and free-will will forever be an eternal paradox, until there can be no fate or no free-will. Most of the time we have choices, but not always the ones we want.