blog post 2

                              Fate is defined as something that is to “be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way,” I think Crito best explains Socrates’ fate. I say this because in Crito we get a look at how serious the charges are against him because his friend is willing to help him break out of prison. Though Apology goes in to the depths of his actions it doesn’t touch on his punishment as much as Crito does. There are two ultimate fates presented in Crito and they are death and living life on the run. The circumstances in which Socrates find himself has very little chance of ending happily. Crito goes into depth about the two, firstly if he were to escape prison he would never be welcomed into many communities. Staying in jail would result in death because the people who were prosecuting him wanted him to receive death penalty. The main two characters in this part represent his fate as well. Crito represents the fear and Socrates represents stability. Because, even though he was about to be killed Socrates kept the same idea, which was staying home.