Free fallin' : Fate of free will

"Descending in that quarter of the sky, As I wandered farther and farther on my way to a land where I should never see the evil sung by the oracle." p. 980 lines 270-272

Many people argue that the infamous fate of Oedipus is all fate and no free will; however, I believe that much of Oedipus's actions were done by his own will. Oedipus all along knew that a prophecy for him to kill his father and marry his mother was placed upon him, but every action that he did ultimately added to this "fate" coming true. Only knowing his childhood parents as his real parents, Oedipus tried to escape his "fate" by running away from these childhood parents and make a new life among other people (an action of his own will). Also if Oedipus wanted to remain certain that this prophecy did not come true then he would never even come close to killing another person, yet despite his certainty that he escaped from his true parents he did kill another person, and it just so happens that that person was his father. So beyond all attempts to discarge his "fate," everything that Oedipus did from escaping his "real" parents to persistantly trying to find the murderer of Laios (when the murderer is himself) all were actions of his own will and had nothing to do with fate.