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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/45124
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This is the beauty of the Oracle scene in the Matrix and the Beauty of Breaking the Vase (Upon entering the Oracle's kitchen, the Oracle tells Neo not to worry about the vase. Neo looks around for the Vase, and ends up knocking it to the ground, shattering it. As Neo appologizes, she sums up your noodle baker... er, paradox: If she had said nothing, would Neo have broken the Vase) which sets up the entire debate Chosen one paradox brilliantly. She tells Neo he's not the One, but maybe in another life... and unfortunately, Morpheous is so convinced Neo is the One, that either he or Neo will die because that conviction.

It puts Neo in a bind and as they try to Exit, Morpheous is captured preventing Neo's capture. This sets up the conflict... pull the plug on Morpheous and kill him, or attempt to save him and die. Now, we all know how the film ends, but again the oracle predicts everything. Neo saves Morpheous and gets caught by Agent Smith and is fatally shot (either Morpheous will die or Neo will die for Morpheous' belief in Neo being the one. Neo dies.). But then moments later resurects and fights Agent Smith as "The One" and easily beats him, as predicted by the Oracle (You're not the One, not yet, maybe in another life. Neo dies, resurects into a second life, and becomes the One).

The entire climax of the film centers around The Chosen One Paradox. Was Neo always the one, or was Neo the one because he chose to act in such a way that the One would? What bakes your noodle, is if the Oracle had said nothing, would he still be the One?

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